Alert archive / North Carolina / 2017
Weather alerts in North Carolina, February 2017
99 weather alerts in February 2017, 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 February 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 99
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest day
- February 9, 201727 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 67 hr | |
| Feb 3, 1:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:43 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 66 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 52 min |
| Feb 7, 4:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 43 min |
| Feb 8, 1:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 52 min |
| Feb 8, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:11 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:22 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 10 hr | |
| Feb 8, 4:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:05 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 35 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:29 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:29 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 33 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 43 min |
| Feb 8, 5:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 22 min |
| Feb 8, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 28 min |
| Feb 8, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 6:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 37 min |
| Feb 8, 6:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 36 min |
| Feb 8, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 26 min |
| Feb 8, 7:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Feb 8, 7:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 52 min |
| Feb 8, 8:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 86 min |
| Feb 8, 8:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 62 min |
| Feb 8, 9:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 58 min |
| Feb 8, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Feb 8, 9:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 41 min |
| Feb 8, 9:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 65 min |
| Feb 8, 10:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee, Moore | 51 min |
| Feb 8, 10:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 52 min |
| Feb 8, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 42 min |
| Feb 8, 10:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance | 48 min |
| Feb 8, 11:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 56 min |
| Feb 9, 12:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 53 min |
| Feb 9, 12:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 58 min |
| Feb 9, 1:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 53 min |
| Feb 9, 2:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Stanly | 42 min |
| Feb 9, 3:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange | 40 min |
| Feb 9, 3:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Wake | 51 min |
| Feb 9, 3:12 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 24 min |
| Feb 9, 3:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 49 min |
| Feb 9, 4:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 2 more | 43 min |
| Feb 9, 5:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 64 min |
| Feb 9, 6:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 67 min |
| Feb 9, 8:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 34 min |
| Feb 9, 9:36 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 54 hr | |
| Feb 10, 2:57 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 70 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:54 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:54 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 58 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:59 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 6:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 35 min |
| Feb 12, 6:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 37 min |
| Feb 12, 8:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Feb 12, 8:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin, Washington | 37 min |
| Feb 14, 2:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 70 hr | |
| Feb 15, 9:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 10:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbus | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 61 min |
| Feb 15, 11:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 11:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 53 min | |
| Feb 15, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 9 min |
| Feb 15, 11:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 12:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 12:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Feb 15, 1:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Feb 17, 3:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 34 hr | |
| Feb 21, 5:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 22, 10:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:09 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 9 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:55 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:18 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Feb 24, 6:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 113 min |
| Feb 25, 5:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 25 min |
| Feb 25, 5:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 22 min |
| Feb 25, 12:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Warren | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| Feb 25, 12:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 51 min |
| Feb 25, 1:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 23 min |
| Feb 25, 2:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 67 min |
| Feb 25, 2:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 35 min |
| Feb 25, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 5:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 6:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 2:33 PM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 44 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 59 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:00 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 45 hr |
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 | 3 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 49 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 6 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County7
- Caldwell County7
- Alleghany County7
- Ashe County7
- Graham County6
- Swain County6
- Burke County6
- McDowell County6
- Polk County6
- Watauga County6
- Brunswick County6
- Clay County5
- Avery County5
- Buncombe County5
- Henderson County5
- Mitchell County5
- Rutherford County5
- Yancey County5
- Granville County5
- New Hanover County4
- Haywood County4
- Madison County4
- Alexander County4
- Johnston County4
- Franklin County4
- Macon County3
- Transylvania County3
- Iredell County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Surry County3
- Wilkes County3
- Montgomery County3
- Stanly County3
- Moore County3
- Wake County3
- Durham County3
- Vance County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Bladen County3
- Columbus County3
41 more counties
- Caswell County3
- Person County3
- Warren County3
- Catawba County2
- Yadkin County2
- Lee County2
- Wilson County2
- Martin County2
- Washington County2
- Orange County2
- Harnett County2
- Onslow County2
- Pender County2
- Halifax County2
- Nash County2
- Sampson County2
- Guilford County2
- Northampton County2
- Rockingham County2
- Davie County2
- Cleveland County1
- Gaston County1
- Lincoln County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Union County1
- Davidson County1
- Randolph County1
- Forsyth County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Duplin County1
- Wayne County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Jackson County1
- Alamance County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Chatham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Stokes County1
- Rowan County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.