Alert archive / North Carolina / Avery County
Weather alerts in Avery County, North Carolina, 2025
105 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Avery County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 43
- Busiest month
- January22 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20254 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Avery County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 1 | 100% | 49 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: tornado warnings | 7 | 4 | 43% | 5 | 80% | 11 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 259 | 173 | 33% | 549 | 83% | 22 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: flash flood warnings | 13 | 11 | 15% | 42 | 86% | 75 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 20 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 27 hr |
| Jan 3, 5:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 62 min |
| Jan 4, 3:18 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 43 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 20 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 16 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:27 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 34 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 46 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:14 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 12 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 39 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:39 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | GSP | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:24 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:24 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | 33 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:24 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 8 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:31 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:32 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | 32 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 27 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 51 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:10 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | GSP | 37 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:49 AM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:19 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 44 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 63 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:17 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 44 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:11 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:07 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | 18 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 63 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:09 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 37 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 11, 2:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | 41 hr |
| May 12, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 4 hr |
| May 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | 22 hr |
| May 12, 10:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 6 hr |
| May 16, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 42 min |
| May 17, 3:18 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 17, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 15 min |
| Jun 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 11:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 25, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 15, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 18, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 1:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 114 min |
| Aug 1, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 25 min |
| Sep 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 25 min |
| Sep 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 12:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 17 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:53 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 11 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:16 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 32 hr |
| Oct 30, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:05 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 19 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 52 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:07 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 24 hr |
| Nov 25, 11:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 35 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Dec 4, 1:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 35 hr |
| Dec 7, 1:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 47 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 32 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 31 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:01 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 44 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 11 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 43 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 12:22 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | 43 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:14 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 21 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.