Alert archive / North Carolina / 2016
Weather alerts in North Carolina, November 2016
121 weather alerts in November 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in November 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 61
- Busiest day
- November 30, 201627 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 4:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 7 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:54 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Nov 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 39 hr | |
| Nov 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Nov 6, 2:14 PM EST | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:01 PM EST | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:42 PM EST | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Frost Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 17 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 17 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:58 PM EST | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 17 hr |
| Nov 7, 6:15 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:37 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Nov 8, 2:49 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 47 hr | |
| Nov 8, 3:39 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Nov 9, 4:06 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 29 hr | |
| Nov 9, 4:06 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Nov 9, 12:40 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 20 hr | |
| Nov 9, 2:40 PM EST | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 13 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:40 PM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:09 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 3:21 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 17 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 46 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:53 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 48 hr | |
| Nov 11, 6:01 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 117 min |
| Nov 11, 2:17 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:18 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Nov 11, 2:25 PM EST | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:23 PM EST | Freeze Watch | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 23 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:26 PM EST | Frost Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 18 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:26 PM EST | Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:38 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 23 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:40 PM EST | Freeze Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 22 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:25 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 7 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:43 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Nov 12, 1:55 PM EST | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:52 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:31 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 13, 5:33 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:26 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 34 hr | |
| Nov 13, 3:41 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 6 hr |
| Nov 13, 10:11 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 13 hr |
| Nov 14, 12:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Nov 14, 10:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Hyde | 89 min |
| Nov 14, 6:02 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 18 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:50 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 11 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:56 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 6:13 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:55 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:31 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 23 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:30 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 60 hr | |
| Nov 18, 3:22 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 33 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:23 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 42 hr | |
| Nov 18, 3:23 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Nov 18, 3:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 36 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:54 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:55 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 35 hr | |
| Nov 19, 2:57 AM EST | Low Water Advisory | MHX | 35 hr | |
| Nov 19, 3:07 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:40 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Union | 29 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 51 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:41 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 39 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 51 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:45 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 28 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:13 PM EST | Freeze Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:50 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 11 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:40 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 29 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:16 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:32 PM EST | Frost Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 10 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:00 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:38 PM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 16 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:05 PM EST | Frost Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 17 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:18 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Nov 25, 2:56 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 57 hr | |
| Nov 25, 6:43 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 25, 6:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 2 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:35 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 3 days | |
| Nov 28, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Nov 28, 4:05 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 26 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:28 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 17 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:12 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 12:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 2:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | 95 min |
| Nov 30, 7:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 61 min |
| Nov 30, 7:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 73 min |
| Nov 30, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 11:35 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 25 min | |
| Nov 30, 11:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 66 min |
| Nov 30, 12:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 1:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 2:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 2:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 2:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleveland, Gaston, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 4 more | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Cumberland and 20 more | 92 min |
| Nov 30, 6:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 6:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 1 more | 72 min |
| Nov 30, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan, Union | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 63 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 8 |
| Frost Advisory | 15 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 4 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 12 |
| High Surf Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
| Low Water Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- New Hanover County16
- Graham County15
- Jackson County15
- Macon County15
- Swain County15
- Transylvania County15
- Davie County14
- Gaston County14
- Buncombe County14
- Haywood County14
- Cabarrus County13
- Catawba County13
- Cleveland County13
- Iredell County13
- Lincoln County13
- McDowell County13
- Mecklenburg County13
- Rowan County13
- Henderson County13
- Madison County13
- Burke County12
- Caldwell County12
- Polk County12
- Rutherford County12
- Union County12
- Alexander County11
- Avery County11
- Mitchell County10
- Yancey County10
- Cherokee County10
- Clay County10
- Brunswick County9
- Ashe County7
- Pender County7
- Anson County6
- Davidson County6
- Forsyth County6
- Guilford County6
- Montgomery County6
- Randolph County6
57 more counties
- Stanly County6
- Hyde County6
- Watauga County5
- Richmond County5
- Pamlico County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Robeson County5
- Alleghany County4
- Chatham County4
- Cumberland County4
- Harnett County4
- Hoke County4
- Lee County4
- Moore County4
- Scotland County4
- Northampton County4
- Beaufort County4
- Duplin County4
- Greene County4
- Jones County4
- Lenoir County4
- Martin County4
- Pitt County4
- Washington County4
- Dare County4
- Bladen County4
- Alamance County3
- Durham County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Franklin County3
- Granville County3
- Halifax County3
- Johnston County3
- Nash County3
- Orange County3
- Person County3
- Sampson County3
- Vance County3
- Wake County3
- Warren County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Bertie County3
- Gates County3
- Hertford County3
- Currituck County3
- Columbus County3
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Caswell County1
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Sources
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