Alert archive / North Carolina / Columbus County

Weather alerts in Columbus County, North Carolina, 2021

108 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Columbus County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
108
Warnings
17
Watches
16
Advisories
30
Busiest month
July21 alerts
Busiest day
March 31, 20216 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Columbus County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Columbus County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings20100%10%
Severe thunderstorm warnings9544%6100%22 min
Flash flood warnings220%1100%39 min

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wilmington, NC: tornado warnings12283%580%1 min
NWS Wilmington, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings462350%5779%19 min
NWS Wilmington, NC: flash flood warnings8538%786%99 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
Dec 31, 11:55 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM10 hr
Jan 12, 11:13 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM10 hr
Jan 16, 12:29 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM6 hr
Jan 25, 7:15 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM13 hr
Feb 11, 5:40 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM3 hr
Feb 16, 12:00 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedILM15 min
Feb 18, 3:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchILM28 hr
Feb 18, 9:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM23 min
Feb 18, 5:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Feb 22, 3:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM41 min
Feb 22, 11:27 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM7 hr
Feb 27, 7:01 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM116 min
Mar 1, 10:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM64 min
Mar 1, 12:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILM59 min
Mar 26, 1:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Mar 27, 3:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM56 min
Mar 28, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM60 min
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM49 min
Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDTFreeze WatchILM23 hr
Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM27 min
Mar 31, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM23 min
Apr 1, 2:45 PM EDTFreeze WarningILM17 hr
Apr 2, 8:21 AM EDTFreeze WarningILM25 hr
Apr 10, 11:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 11, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM89 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM EDTFire Weather WatchILM12 hr
Apr 30, 3:27 AM EDTRed Flag WarningILM16 hr
May 3, 12:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM49 min
May 4, 4:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 7, 3:30 PM EDTFire Weather WatchILM15 hr
May 29, 12:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM31 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Jun 2, 5:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 3, 8:50 PM EDTFlood WatchILM7 hr
Jun 6, 9:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM111 min
Jun 6, 10:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Jun 9, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM38 min
Jun 10, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM32 min
Jun 10, 8:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 10, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM19 min
Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM28 min
Jun 11, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM52 min
Jun 15, 12:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 15, 4:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM63 min
Jun 20, 3:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM19 hr
Jun 20, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM24 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM62 min
Jun 20, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM59 min
Jul 2, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM26 min
Jul 8, 1:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 2:01 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 8, 7:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 8:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM2 hr
Jul 8, 8:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 8, 8:57 AM EDTTornado WarningILM10 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 11, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM63 min
Jul 18, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM24 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM34 min
Jul 19, 11:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM10 hr
Jul 19, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILM58 min
Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM115 min
Jul 28, 6:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 28, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM64 min
Jul 29, 3:16 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM28 hr
Jul 31, 3:13 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM16 hr
Jul 31, 1:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 31, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM35 min
Aug 1, 3:47 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryILM15 hr
Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 1, 2:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 1, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM30 min
Aug 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM46 min
Aug 1, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM28 min
Aug 3, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM4 min
Aug 3, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM24 hr
Aug 3, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM112 min
Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM81 min
Aug 17, 12:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM62 min
Aug 21, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM34 min
Aug 21, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM74 min
Sep 8, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM23 min
Sep 8, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILM28 min
Sep 21, 3:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILM39 hr
Sep 21, 11:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Sep 21, 1:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Sep 22, 9:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILM3 hr
Sep 22, 10:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILM6 hr
Sep 22, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM25 min
Sep 22, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM42 min
Sep 30, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM28 min
Oct 22, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM41 min
Oct 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILM30 min
Nov 15, 2:52 AM ESTFreeze WatchILM11 hr
Nov 15, 2:10 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryILM18 hr
Nov 22, 4:18 AM ESTFreeze WatchILM22 hr
Nov 23, 2:18 AM ESTFreeze WarningILM31 hr
Dec 6, 2:11 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM8 hr
Dec 8, 10:38 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM10 hr
Dec 18, 3:21 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILM6 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.