Alert archive / North Carolina / 2026
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 2026
162 weather alerts in April 2026, 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest day
- April 30, 202631 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 1, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 6:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 61 hr | |
| Apr 4, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 3:35 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 16 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chowan, Columbus and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 87 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 84 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Apr 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Apr 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 min | |
| Apr 5, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 15 hr | |
| Apr 6, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Apr 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Gale Watch | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 days | |
| Apr 7, 1:27 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 48 hr | |
| Apr 7, 2:20 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 48 hr | |
| Apr 7, 6:05 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Dare | 14 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 44 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:08 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:58 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 22 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:22 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:15 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 17 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:02 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 16 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Pender | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 48 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:36 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 37 hr | |
| Apr 9, 8:13 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:19 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Dare | 48 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:14 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Apr 13, 8:41 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 23 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:00 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 55 hr | |
| Apr 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:47 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret | 8 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:34 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 53 hr | |
| Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:14 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Apr 18, 2:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:58 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 19, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 115 min | |
| Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:14 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 116 min | |
| Apr 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Apr 19, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 89 min | |
| Apr 19, 5:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 33 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 12 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:01 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Apr 20, 2:47 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 12 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 14 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:42 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Apr 23, 11:05 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:19 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Apr 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 53 min | |
| Apr 25, 1:48 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Apr 25, 2:24 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 52 hr | |
| Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Apr 26, 12:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:17 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 23 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 47 min | |
| Apr 26, 7:15 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 25 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 23 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Dare | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 5:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:10 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Dare | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Dare | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford, Person | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 9:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 40 hr | |
| Apr 29, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 17 min |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 12 min |
| Apr 29, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 52 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 22 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 50 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 10 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:59 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare | 24 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 | 17 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 51 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| High Surf Advisory | 4 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 22 |
| Rip Current Statement | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 19 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- New Hanover County17
- Dare County16
- Carteret County12
- Pender County11
- Hyde County11
- Watauga County8
- McDowell County8
- Halifax County8
- Franklin County7
- Ashe County6
- Wilkes County6
- Caldwell County6
- Edgecombe County6
- Warren County6
- Nash County6
- Granville County6
- Orange County6
- Person County6
- Transylvania County5
- Avery County5
- Mitchell County5
- Henderson County5
- Bertie County5
- Camden County5
- Chowan County5
- Hertford County5
- Northampton County5
- Pasquotank County5
- Rockingham County5
- Vance County5
- Burke County5
- Madison County4
- Macon County4
- Gates County4
- Martin County4
- Perquimans County4
- Wilson County4
- Caswell County4
- Surry County4
- Alamance County4
57 more counties
- Durham County4
- Guilford County4
- Stanly County4
- Wake County4
- Alexander County4
- Buncombe County4
- Haywood County4
- Jackson County4
- Rutherford County4
- Alleghany County4
- Yancey County4
- Bladen County3
- Duplin County3
- Johnston County3
- Lenoir County3
- Onslow County3
- Pitt County3
- Washington County3
- Currituck County3
- Stokes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Chatham County3
- Richmond County3
- Catawba County3
- Graham County3
- Swain County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Beaufort County2
- Columbus County2
- Craven County2
- Greene County2
- Jones County2
- Sampson County2
- Wayne County2
- Brunswick County2
- Davidson County2
- Forsyth County2
- Lee County2
- Randolph County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Polk County2
- Rowan County2
- Cumberland County1
- Robeson County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Anson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Gaston County1
- Union County1
- Harnett County1
Nearby
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.