Alert archive / North Carolina / 2017
Weather alerts in North Carolina, January 2017
124 weather alerts in January 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 January 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 124
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 71
- Busiest day
- January 23, 201720 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:17 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 2, 8:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 54 min |
| Jan 2, 9:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 61 min |
| Jan 2, 9:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Onslow | 61 min |
| Jan 2, 10:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 3:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 64 hr | |
| Jan 2, 5:46 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 12 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:12 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:04 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 3, 5:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 50 min |
| Jan 3, 5:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 64 min |
| Jan 3, 5:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 6:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 8:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Jan 3, 9:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Jan 3, 1:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jan 4, 9:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 12 days |
| Jan 4, 3:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 5, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Henderson and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 11 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 8:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:07 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 60 hr | |
| Jan 5, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 43 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 43 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 5 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 21 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:03 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Jan 6, 4:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 3 days |
| Jan 6, 4:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne | 35 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:45 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 31 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 25 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:19 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 45 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 50 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 6 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:29 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | MHX | 33 hr | |
| Jan 6, 8:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:53 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 6 days |
| Jan 7, 2:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Person | 84 min |
| Jan 7, 2:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Halifax, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more | 85 min |
| Jan 7, 2:50 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 19 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:18 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Bertie, Burke and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 32 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 15 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 7, 6:36 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | Pamlico | 10 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 53 min |
| Jan 7, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 69 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:15 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 15 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:46 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Jan 11, 7:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 16 more | 73 min |
| Jan 11, 3:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 70 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:00 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Jan 14, 9:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 hr | |
| Jan 15, 12:49 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 8 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 50 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 25 min |
| Jan 20, 12:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Jan 21, 12:17 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:30 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 20 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:30 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:59 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 10:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 8 more | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 7:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 10:54 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:56 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 43 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, Macon | 89 min |
| Jan 22, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 10:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 11:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 36 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 115 min |
| Jan 23, 1:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 min | |
| Jan 23, 2:12 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Jan 23, 2:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:11 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 10 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 23, 4:13 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jan 23, 4:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 31 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 107 min |
| Jan 23, 9:53 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 15 hr | |
| Jan 24, 1:01 PM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Jan 25, 6:51 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 29 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:00 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Jan 26, 5:28 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 8 hr | |
| Jan 28, 2:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 71 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 43 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 44 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 115 min |
| Jan 30, 5:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 65 hr | |
| Jan 31, 1:35 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 23 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 | |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 16 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| High Surf Advisory | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 8 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County12
- Ashe County12
- Watauga County12
- Mecklenburg County11
- Wake County11
- Cabarrus County10
- Rutherford County10
- Transylvania County10
- Chatham County10
- Lee County10
- Jackson County10
- Cumberland County9
- Catawba County9
- Cleveland County9
- Davie County9
- Henderson County9
- Iredell County9
- Lincoln County9
- Polk County9
- Clay County9
- Durham County9
- Franklin County9
- Moore County9
- Vance County9
- Warren County9
- Avery County9
- Burke County9
- Caldwell County9
- Haywood County9
- McDowell County9
- Mitchell County9
- Yancey County9
- Gaston County8
- Rowan County8
- Cherokee County8
- Alamance County8
- Forsyth County8
- Granville County8
- Halifax County8
- Harnett County8
60 more counties
- Hoke County8
- Johnston County8
- Montgomery County8
- Nash County8
- Orange County8
- Person County8
- Stanly County8
- Wayne County8
- Surry County8
- Wilkes County8
- Alexander County8
- Buncombe County8
- Madison County8
- Swain County8
- Sampson County7
- Bladen County7
- Robeson County7
- Davidson County7
- Edgecombe County7
- Guilford County7
- Randolph County7
- Scotland County7
- Wilson County7
- Rockingham County7
- Stokes County7
- Yadkin County7
- Macon County7
- Pender County6
- Brunswick County6
- Union County6
- Anson County6
- Richmond County6
- Dare County6
- Hyde County6
- Pamlico County6
- Currituck County6
- Caswell County6
- Graham County6
- Jones County5
- New Hanover County5
- Duplin County5
- Martin County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Gates County5
- Carteret County4
- Beaufort County4
- Greene County4
- Lenoir County4
- Pitt County4
- Washington County4
- Bertie County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Hertford County4
- Northampton County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Perquimans County4
- Craven County3
- Columbus County3
- Onslow County2
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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.