Alert archive / North Carolina / 2026
Weather alerts in North Carolina, August 2026
1,231 weather alerts in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,231
- Warnings
- 385
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 164
- Busiest day
- August 21, 2026145 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
1,231 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 207 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 639 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 24 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 111 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 4 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 39 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 7 |
| Rip Current Statement | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 144 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hoke County50
- Sampson County48
- Cumberland County46
- New Hanover County43
- Moore County43
- Bladen County43
- Pender County41
- Onslow County41
- Caldwell County41
- Stanly County41
- Randolph County40
- Henderson County39
- Polk County39
- Columbus County39
- Iredell County38
- Brunswick County38
- Rutherford County38
- Scotland County38
- Cabarrus County38
- Union County38
- Montgomery County38
- Mecklenburg County37
- Cleveland County37
- Burke County37
- Surry County36
- Carteret County36
- Wilkes County36
- Harnett County36
- Craven County35
- Chatham County35
- Orange County34
- Johnston County34
- Dare County33
- Davidson County33
- Jones County32
- Durham County31
- Alamance County31
- Richmond County31
- Forsyth County30
- Transylvania County30
60 more counties
- Pamlico County30
- Lincoln County30
- Guilford County30
- Gaston County29
- Catawba County29
- Yadkin County28
- Anson County28
- Wayne County28
- Ashe County27
- Rowan County26
- Stokes County26
- Duplin County26
- McDowell County26
- Davie County25
- Robeson County25
- Wake County24
- Alexander County24
- Beaufort County24
- Watauga County23
- Lee County23
- Alleghany County22
- Lenoir County21
- Hyde County20
- Pitt County19
- Granville County18
- Mitchell County18
- Buncombe County17
- Avery County17
- Haywood County17
- Jackson County16
- Yancey County16
- Wilson County16
- Cherokee County15
- Franklin County15
- Swain County15
- Washington County15
- Martin County15
- Pasquotank County15
- Nash County14
- Vance County14
- Rockingham County14
- Camden County14
- Currituck County14
- Person County13
- Graham County13
- Caswell County13
- Madison County13
- Chowan County13
- Edgecombe County13
- Greene County12
- Hertford County12
- Perquimans County12
- Warren County11
- Macon County11
- Tyrrell County9
- Gates County9
- Bertie County9
- Clay County7
- Northampton County7
- Halifax County4
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.