Alert archive / North Carolina / Bladen County

Weather alerts in Bladen County, North Carolina, 2011

230 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Bladen County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
230
Warnings
56
Watches
26
Advisories
32
Busiest month
April45 alerts
Busiest day
April 28, 201117 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

5 of 11 tornado warnings covering Bladen County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 4 of 5 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 38 minutes after it went out.

Bladen County, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings11555%580%38 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings382826%2374%22 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wilmington, NC: tornado warnings321069%1878%23 min
NWS Wilmington, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings16612326%38383%28 min
NWS Wilmington, NC: flash flood warnings2150%3100%39 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 8:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchILM18 hr
Jan 9, 3:07 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningILM44 hr
Jan 9, 2:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryILM43 hr
Jan 10, 11:27 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 26, 2:37 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM4 hr
Feb 9, 3:30 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchILM11 hr
Feb 9, 2:48 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryILM19 hr
Feb 18, 12:47 PM ESTFire Weather WatchILM15 hr
Feb 26, 9:01 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM12 hr
Feb 28, 7:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Feb 28, 7:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Feb 28, 8:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM53 min
Feb 28, 8:42 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Feb 28, 9:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM57 min
Mar 6, 3:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Mar 10, 12:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Mar 10, 3:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM48 min
Mar 10, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM20 min
Mar 22, 5:10 PM EDTFire Weather WatchILM11 hr
Mar 23, 4:14 AM EDTRed Flag WarningILM15 hr
Mar 24, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH29 min
Mar 28, 4:37 AM EDTFreeze WatchILM10 hr
Mar 28, 2:53 PM EDTFreeze WarningILM18 hr
Apr 5, 12:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 5, 3:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Apr 5, 4:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 5, 4:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM82 min
Apr 5, 6:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM90 min
Apr 5, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM32 min
Apr 5, 10:15 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 5, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM36 min
Apr 5, 9:04 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryILM11 hr
Apr 16, 10:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr
Apr 16, 12:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 16, 2:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Apr 16, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM70 min
Apr 16, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningILM48 min
Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningILM58 min
Apr 16, 4:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningILM45 min
Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningILM57 min
Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILM29 min
Apr 16, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM39 min
Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM11 min
Apr 16, 6:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Apr 16, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM34 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 26, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM53 min
Apr 26, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM48 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Apr 28, 4:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Apr 28, 8:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 28, 9:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM54 min
Apr 28, 9:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM28 min
Apr 28, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM62 min
Apr 28, 11:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Apr 28, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILM48 min
Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILM43 min
Apr 28, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM54 min
Apr 28, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILM44 min
Apr 28, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningILM38 min
Apr 28, 3:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Apr 28, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM51 min
Apr 28, 3:37 PM EDTTornado WarningILM38 min
Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Apr 28, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM23 min
Apr 28, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
May 6, 10:45 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryILM10 hr
May 10, 2:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 10, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 10, 6:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 10, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM60 min
May 10, 9:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
May 13, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM27 min
May 13, 12:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
May 13, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 14, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 14, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM59 min
May 14, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
May 14, 7:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 17, 6:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 17, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM40 min
May 17, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM44 min
May 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM64 min
May 27, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
May 27, 6:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
May 28, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM49 min
May 29, 5:03 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryILM3 hr
Jun 9, 4:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM50 min
Jun 9, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM49 min
Jun 12, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM57 min
Jun 16, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM54 min
Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM32 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM67 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM64 min
Jun 18, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 19, 1:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 20, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM34 min
Jun 20, 12:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM13 min
Jun 21, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM57 min
Jun 22, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM85 min
Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM67 min
Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM43 min
Jun 22, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM65 min
Jun 22, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM63 min
Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM53 min
Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 23, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM55 min
Jun 23, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM55 min
Jun 23, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM38 min
Jun 24, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM57 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM23 min
Jun 27, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM47 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jun 27, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 27, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM62 min
Jun 27, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM41 min
Jun 27, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM35 min
Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM60 min
Jun 27, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM97 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM54 min
Jun 27, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 27, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM54 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDTDense Smoke AdvisoryILM20 hr
Jul 4, 6:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jul 5, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM51 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM54 min
Jul 5, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM116 min
Jul 5, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM56 min
Jul 6, 12:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 8, 11:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM44 min
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 9, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM52 min
Jul 11, 3:33 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Jul 12, 3:40 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM28 hr
Jul 12, 6:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 13, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM58 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM57 min
Jul 13, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM39 min
Jul 13, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM112 min
Jul 13, 7:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jul 20, 3:28 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM17 hr
Jul 20, 3:00 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Jul 20, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM63 min
Jul 21, 3:22 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningILM29 hr
Jul 22, 3:09 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningILM29 hr
Jul 23, 3:18 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningILM27 hr
Jul 23, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 24, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM31 min
Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 25, 3:48 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM13 hr
Jul 25, 7:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Jul 29, 3:37 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM28 hr
Jul 30, 2:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 31, 1:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM2 hr
Aug 3, 3:19 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Aug 4, 2:59 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Aug 5, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM90 min
Aug 6, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM84 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 7, 3:18 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM17 hr
Aug 7, 2:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM29 hr
Aug 7, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM38 min
Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM28 hr
Aug 12, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM55 min
Aug 12, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 13, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM60 min
Aug 14, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM56 min
Aug 14, 5:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM65 min
Aug 14, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM53 min
Aug 19, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM42 min
Aug 19, 11:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM2 hr
Aug 20, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM59 min
Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM58 min
Aug 21, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningILM29 min
Aug 21, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM59 min
Aug 22, 12:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM2 hr
Aug 22, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Aug 25, 5:09 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchILM12 hr
Aug 25, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM48 hr
Aug 25, 5:15 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningILM47 hr
Aug 26, 7:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 26, 11:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Aug 29, 11:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 29, 2:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 29, 7:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Aug 29, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM66 min
Aug 29, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM60 min
Sep 5, 5:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Sep 6, 5:17 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 6, 8:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Sep 6, 12:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 6, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 6, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM28 min
Sep 6, 4:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 6, 7:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Sep 12, 2:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Sep 12, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH32 min
Sep 15, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM52 min
Sep 30, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 30, 5:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Sep 30, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM51 min
Oct 12, 4:34 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryILM5 hr
Oct 13, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM63 min
Oct 19, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Oct 19, 6:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 29, 4:21 AM EDTFreeze WatchILM9 hr
Oct 29, 12:52 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryILM20 hr
Nov 16, 4:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Nov 16, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Nov 16, 6:48 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Nov 16, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM60 min
Nov 16, 10:20 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Dec 6, 12:12 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM9 hr
Dec 7, 5:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM43 min
Dec 27, 4:05 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILM14 hr
Dec 27, 12:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Dec 27, 12:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM60 min
Dec 27, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM60 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.

Nearby

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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.