Alert archive / North Carolina / Avery County
Weather alerts in Avery County, North Carolina, 2026
86 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 86
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest month
- July22 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 28, 20269 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, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 6 | 25% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: tornado warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 8 | 38% | 6 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 347 | 245 | 29% | 800 | 81% | 22 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: flash flood warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 24 | 88% | 69 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 10, 12:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 30 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 30 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:02 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 42 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:01 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 45 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:54 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | GSP | 3 days |
| Jan 24, 6:45 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:21 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:47 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | GSP | 14 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:38 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | 34 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:19 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:31 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | GSP | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 66 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:37 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | 49 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 25 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:42 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 20 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:02 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 44 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:04 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:56 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | GSP | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:56 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | 39 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 63 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 39 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:56 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | 37 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Mar 16, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 16, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 3:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | 32 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:14 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 33 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 2, 12:44 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 20 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 12:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | 19 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | 29 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 10:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Sep 5, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 43 min |
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.