Weather alerts in North Carolina, December 2024

179 weather alerts in December 2024, 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 December 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 179
Warnings: 33
Watches: 7
Advisories: 84
Busiest day: December 29, 202448 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
Dec 2, 3:20 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		48 hr
Dec 3, 2:21 AM EST	Gale Watch	MHX		13 hr
Dec 3, 2:12 PM EST	High Wind Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	12 hr
Dec 3, 2:14 PM EST	High Wind Watch	GSP	Avery	13 hr
Dec 3, 3:00 PM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		57 hr
Dec 4, 2:07 AM EST	High Wind Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	38 hr
Dec 4, 2:12 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	38 hr
Dec 4, 2:22 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	37 hr
Dec 4, 2:48 AM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Currituck	40 hr
Dec 4, 3:22 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		64 hr
Dec 4, 3:41 AM EST	High Wind Warning	GSP	Avery	36 hr
Dec 4, 3:41 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 5 more	36 hr
Dec 4, 3:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		35 hr
Dec 4, 3:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		24 hr
Dec 4, 8:23 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare	26 hr
Dec 5, 3:26 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	31 hr
Dec 5, 2:55 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		19 hr
Dec 5, 5:59 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery	16 hr
Dec 6, 3:11 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow and 1 more	12 hr
Dec 7, 2:01 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		29 hr
Dec 8, 2:15 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		3 hr
Dec 9, 3:05 PM EST	Gale Watch	MHX		12 hr
Dec 10, 2:53 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 7 more	11 hr
Dec 10, 2:57 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin	81 min
Dec 10, 3:21 AM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		46 hr
Dec 10, 3:21 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		57 hr
Dec 10, 4:18 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin	6 hr
Dec 10, 4:20 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	42 hr
Dec 10, 4:32 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		28 hr
Dec 10, 2:34 PM EST	Wind Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	28 hr
Dec 10, 2:39 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare, Hyde	31 hr
Dec 10, 3:23 PM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		31 hr
Dec 11, 2:44 AM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	19 hr
Dec 11, 2:44 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more	22 hr
Dec 11, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes	21 hr
Dec 11, 4:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	10 hr
Dec 11, 5:12 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	20 hr
Dec 11, 5:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Wake	56 min
Dec 11, 5:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
Dec 11, 7:38 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	14 hr
Dec 11, 8:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	43 min
Dec 11, 9:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	63 min
Dec 11, 10:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	55 min
Dec 11, 11:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Lee, Moore, Richmond	23 min
Dec 11, 11:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Wake	32 min
Dec 11, 12:05 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		40 min
Dec 11, 1:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	29 min
Dec 11, 1:17 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 34 more	88 min
Dec 11, 1:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Guilford, Hoke, Lee and 7 more	56 min
Dec 11, 1:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	34 min
Dec 11, 1:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson	52 min
Dec 11, 2:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	41 min
Dec 11, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	25 min
Dec 11, 2:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	49 min
Dec 11, 2:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	26 min
Dec 11, 3:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	37 min
Dec 11, 3:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford	59 min
Dec 11, 3:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, Pender	22 min
Dec 11, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more	60 min
Dec 11, 4:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	44 min
Dec 11, 4:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	59 min
Dec 11, 5:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more	51 min
Dec 11, 5:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	41 min
Dec 11, 7:50 PM EST	Low Water Advisory	ILM		3 hr
Dec 11, 10:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		5 hr
Dec 12, 2:28 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		5 days
Dec 12, 2:32 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		4 days
Dec 14, 3:58 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson and 6 more	32 hr
Dec 14, 4:49 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes	38 hr
Dec 15, 3:13 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	5 hr
Dec 16, 12:40 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 16, 2:50 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more	3 hr
Dec 16, 6:52 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	5 hr
Dec 16, 8:21 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	12 hr
Dec 16, 8:29 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 9 more	12 hr
Dec 17, 7:46 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	2 hr
Dec 17, 3:07 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	20 hr
Dec 17, 3:11 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	ILM		39 hr
Dec 18, 2:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		52 hr
Dec 18, 2:51 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more	7 hr
Dec 18, 3:06 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	7 hr
Dec 18, 3:12 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	7 hr
Dec 18, 3:18 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	6 hr
Dec 18, 3:20 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	6 hr
Dec 18, 4:02 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton	5 hr
Dec 18, 7:10 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		3 hr
Dec 18, 10:10 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		21 hr
Dec 18, 10:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	2 hr
Dec 18, 10:34 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Onslow	2 hr
Dec 18, 2:06 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Onslow	17 hr
Dec 18, 3:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	37 min
Dec 18, 3:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	24 min
Dec 18, 3:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	44 min
Dec 18, 3:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Macon	41 min
Dec 18, 3:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	32 min
Dec 18, 4:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell	47 min
Dec 18, 4:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	23 min
Dec 18, 5:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	39 min
Dec 18, 5:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	23 min
Dec 18, 7:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	38 min
Dec 18, 9:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	66 min
Dec 18, 10:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	41 min
Dec 18, 10:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	40 min
Dec 19, 3:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		19 hr
Dec 19, 5:09 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey	41 hr
Dec 19, 6:59 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	42 hr
Dec 20, 7:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		63 hr
Dec 23, 3:08 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		4 days
Dec 23, 3:33 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		64 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		40 hr
Dec 27, 2:21 PM EST	Gale Watch	MHX		29 hr
Dec 27, 11:50 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	22 hr
Dec 27, 11:50 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	59 hr
Dec 28, 2:45 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		52 hr
Dec 28, 3:19 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		57 hr
Dec 28, 10:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 days
Dec 28, 10:49 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	48 hr
Dec 28, 2:27 PM EST	High Surf Advisory	MHX	Dare, Hyde	37 hr
Dec 28, 7:00 PM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		32 hr
Dec 29, 3:25 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	16 hr
Dec 29, 5:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham	6 hr
Dec 29, 5:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	47 min
Dec 29, 6:02 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 8 more	7 hr
Dec 29, 6:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon	17 hr
Dec 29, 6:11 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee	2 hr
Dec 29, 6:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	70 min
Dec 29, 6:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania	6 hr
Dec 29, 6:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	2 hr
Dec 29, 7:03 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Transylvania	27 min
Dec 29, 7:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	17 hr
Dec 29, 7:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	41 min
Dec 29, 7:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and 1 more	79 min
Dec 29, 7:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	73 min
Dec 29, 7:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	5 hr
Dec 29, 8:13 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	21 min
Dec 29, 8:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and 2 more	80 min
Dec 29, 8:32 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond and 4 more	88 min
Dec 29, 8:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	76 min
Dec 29, 9:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 2 more	79 min
Dec 29, 9:17 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	43 min
Dec 29, 9:22 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	13 hr
Dec 29, 9:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	65 min
Dec 29, 9:33 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	5 hr
Dec 29, 9:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	50 min
Dec 29, 9:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham and 28 more	5 hr
Dec 29, 9:44 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	35 min
Dec 29, 9:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan	55 min
Dec 29, 10:00 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	30 min
Dec 29, 10:16 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	6 hr
Dec 29, 10:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore and 4 more	39 min
Dec 29, 10:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Ashe	5 hr
Dec 29, 10:26 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	34 min
Dec 29, 10:35 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 17 more	85 min
Dec 29, 10:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more	48 min
Dec 29, 11:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	59 min
Dec 29, 11:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	59 min
Dec 29, 11:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	83 min
Dec 29, 11:46 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange	29 min
Dec 29, 11:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Durham, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 3 more	65 min
Dec 29, 12:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	89 min
Dec 29, 12:17 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		58 min
Dec 29, 1:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	76 min
Dec 29, 4:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Watauga	3 hr
Dec 29, 4:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	31 min
Dec 29, 5:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	32 min
Dec 29, 6:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry	33 min
Dec 29, 8:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell	26 hr
Dec 30, 12:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	41 min
Dec 30, 2:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		13 hr
Dec 30, 2:37 PM EST	Wind Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	28 hr
Dec 30, 2:43 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		43 hr
Dec 31, 4:44 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		5 hr
Dec 31, 7:25 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more	3 hr
Dec 31, 12:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	29 min
Dec 31, 12:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	29 min
Dec 31, 12:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	31 min
Dec 31, 3:59 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		31 min
Dec 31, 6:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Iredell	42 min
Dec 31, 6:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	38 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	13
Tornado Warning	7
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	3
Special Weather Statement	52
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	1
Areal Flood Advisory	12
River Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Cold Weather Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	10
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	18
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	4
High Surf Advisory	3
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	3
Gale Watch	3
Low Water Advisory	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	4
Small Craft Advisory	21

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.