Alert archive / North Carolina / Chatham County

Weather alerts in Chatham County, North Carolina, 2018

223 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Chatham County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
223
Warnings
75
Watches
14
Advisories
49
Busiest month
August39 alerts
Busiest day
April 15, 20189 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

Chatham County, 2018

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings342526%2879%23 min
Flash flood warnings11736%3100%386 min

Each office's whole area, 2018

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings28679%1694%7 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings23116628%42781%22 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings745723%23593%439 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 1, 3:36 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Jan 2, 2:30 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH4 days
Jan 4, 4:05 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jan 5, 4:04 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jan 12, 3:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH82 min
Jan 12, 6:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 12, 6:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH92 min
Jan 16, 2:55 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH3 days
Jan 16, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH32 hr
Jan 17, 7:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 17, 9:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
Jan 23, 4:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Jan 23, 12:05 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Feb 19, 10:45 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH13 hr
Mar 1, 1:28 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH32 hr
Mar 11, 3:25 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH43 hr
Mar 15, 9:14 AM EDTRed Flag WarningRAH10 hr
Mar 20, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH90 min
Mar 24, 3:04 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH13 hr
Apr 4, 7:43 PM EDTFreeze WarningRAH12 hr
Apr 5, 9:42 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH9 hr
Apr 7, 4:07 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAH29 hr
Apr 15, 11:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH14 hr
Apr 15, 2:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 15, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH65 min
Apr 15, 5:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 15, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Apr 15, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
Apr 15, 7:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Apr 15, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Apr 16, 2:58 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH18 hr
Apr 19, 3:17 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Apr 24, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH42 min
May 6, 2:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
May 10, 3:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 10, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
May 10, 7:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
May 10, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
May 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH35 min
May 16, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
May 16, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH35 min
May 18, 2:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH28 hr
May 21, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH76 min
May 21, 4:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH39 min
May 21, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH35 min
May 21, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH30 min
May 21, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH36 min
May 21, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH47 min
May 21, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
May 21, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
May 23, 3:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 23, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
May 23, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
May 27, 4:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH47 hr
May 29, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Jun 1, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Jun 2, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jun 3, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Jun 10, 3:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 10, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jun 11, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Jun 11, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Jun 14, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH48 min
Jun 20, 2:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
Jun 20, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH53 min
Jun 22, 3:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 24, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jun 24, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH27 min
Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 25, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH76 min
Jun 29, 2:16 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Jul 4, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jul 4, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Jul 4, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Jul 5, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jul 5, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH115 min
Jul 7, 7:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jul 11, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH50 min
Jul 17, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
Jul 22, 2:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 22, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Jul 22, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH72 min
Jul 22, 8:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 22, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
Jul 22, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jul 23, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 23, 2:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH59 min
Jul 23, 3:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH47 hr
Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH43 min
Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH50 min
Jul 25, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jul 29, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Jul 30, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH40 min
Jul 31, 2:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH93 min
Aug 1, 10:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH46 hr
Aug 2, 11:35 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 2, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH47 min
Aug 2, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Aug 2, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Aug 2, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH112 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Aug 3, 1:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Aug 3, 2:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH107 min
Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Aug 4, 2:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAH11 hr
Aug 6, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Aug 7, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Aug 7, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Aug 7, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Aug 7, 11:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
Aug 8, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH63 min
Aug 8, 6:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 8, 6:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Aug 8, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH76 min
Aug 8, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH69 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 14, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Aug 18, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 18, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
Aug 18, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
Aug 18, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Aug 18, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH67 min
Aug 18, 11:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH107 min
Aug 19, 11:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 20, 12:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 20, 1:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 20, 6:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH53 min
Aug 31, 12:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Sep 1, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Sep 10, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
Sep 10, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
Sep 12, 4:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH5 days
Sep 12, 5:05 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningRAH72 hr
Sep 14, 3:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Sep 14, 11:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 15, 2:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 15, 4:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 15, 6:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Sep 15, 11:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Sep 15, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH9 hr
Sep 16, 8:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Sep 16, 1:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 16, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH20 hr
Sep 16, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH28 min
Sep 16, 4:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAH5 days
Sep 16, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH24 min
Sep 16, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH48 min
Sep 16, 10:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAH56 hr
Sep 17, 7:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH37 min
Sep 17, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH31 min
Sep 17, 11:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH6 hr
Sep 17, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Sep 17, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH51 min
Sep 17, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Sep 17, 8:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH24 hr
Sep 18, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH53 hr
Sep 26, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Sep 27, 2:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 27, 5:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Sep 27, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
Sep 27, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH63 min
Sep 27, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Oct 9, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH52 hr
Oct 10, 11:02 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningRAH36 hr
Oct 10, 10:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAH63 hr
Oct 11, 4:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Oct 11, 8:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr
Oct 11, 11:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Oct 11, 12:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAH18 hr
Oct 11, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH9 hr
Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Oct 11, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH92 min
Oct 21, 3:56 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Oct 21, 8:53 PM EDTFreeze WarningRAH12 hr
Nov 2, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Nov 5, 12:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH13 hr
Nov 6, 4:36 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH115 min
Nov 6, 11:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Nov 6, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Nov 6, 1:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Nov 9, 10:46 AM ESTFreeze WatchRAH17 hr
Nov 10, 3:36 AM ESTFreeze WarningRAH29 hr
Nov 12, 9:47 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH45 hr
Nov 12, 11:21 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Nov 12, 11:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRAH6 hr
Nov 13, 12:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH4 days
Nov 13, 6:34 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAH6 hr
Nov 14, 3:36 AM ESTFlood WatchRAH35 hr
Nov 15, 4:02 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH27 hr
Nov 17, 2:08 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAH6 hr
Nov 17, 7:57 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAH72 hr
Nov 20, 7:09 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAH24 hr
Nov 21, 6:50 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAH24 hr
Dec 2, 11:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Dec 6, 3:41 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH36 hr
Dec 7, 3:54 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH60 hr
Dec 8, 3:45 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH3 days
Dec 9, 3:08 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 9, 8:18 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 11, 3:00 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Dec 13, 3:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchRAH59 hr
Dec 14, 11:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH36 hr
Dec 21, 12:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH30 hr
Dec 21, 2:33 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Dec 21, 2:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Dec 28, 9:24 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH13 hr
Dec 31, 5:18 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH4 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.

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.