Alert archive / North Carolina / Cumberland County

Weather alerts in Cumberland County, North Carolina, 2011

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

Cumberland County and its neighbors

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

Alerts
227
Warnings
47
Watches
31
Advisories
31
Busiest month
June36 alerts
Busiest day
September 6, 201112 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

3 of 6 tornado warnings covering Cumberland County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 35 minutes after it went out.

Cumberland County, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings6350%3100%35 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings322619%2789%24 min
Flash flood warnings220%2100%96 min

Each office's whole area, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings612264%8793%27 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings36026726%78883%21 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings512649%7788%77 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 7, 3:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH9 hr
Jan 7, 10:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH2 min
Jan 8, 8:02 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH19 hr
Jan 9, 3:13 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH44 hr
Jan 9, 3:13 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH68 hr
Jan 10, 11:27 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 9, 12:06 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH21 hr
Feb 13, 2:12 PM ESTFire Weather WatchRAH14 hr
Feb 14, 4:12 AM ESTRed Flag WarningRAH17 hr
Feb 18, 10:12 AM ESTFire Weather WatchRAH18 hr
Feb 19, 4:02 AM ESTRed Flag WarningRAH17 hr
Feb 24, 3:10 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Feb 27, 3:27 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Feb 28, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Feb 28, 6:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH59 min
Feb 28, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Mar 6, 3:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Mar 6, 3:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH83 min
Mar 6, 3:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Mar 10, 12:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Mar 10, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 22, 3:44 PM EDTFire Weather WatchRAH12 hr
Mar 23, 4:04 AM EDTRed Flag WarningRAH16 hr
Mar 24, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Mar 27, 4:16 PM EDTFreeze WatchRAH23 hr
Mar 28, 2:46 PM EDTFreeze WarningRAH17 hr
Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Apr 4, 9:19 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH20 hr
Apr 5, 12:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Apr 5, 12:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 5, 3:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Apr 5, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH65 min
Apr 5, 7:06 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH26 hr
Apr 5, 8:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH95 min
Apr 5, 9:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH87 min
Apr 12, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
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, 3:26 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyRAH49 min
Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDTTornado WarningRAH48 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyRAH37 min
Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyRAH31 min
Apr 16, 4:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Apr 26, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Apr 27, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 28, 4:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningRAH8 hr
Apr 28, 8:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Apr 28, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Apr 28, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Apr 28, 11:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Apr 28, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH56 min
Apr 28, 1:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRAH30 min
Apr 28, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 7, 1:16 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH8 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, 9:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
May 12, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
May 12, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH47 min
May 13, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 13, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
May 13, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH56 min
May 14, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 14, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH42 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH21 min
May 14, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
May 14, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
May 14, 7:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 22, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
May 27, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH90 min
May 27, 11:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
May 27, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 27, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH56 min
May 27, 2:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH14 hr
May 27, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
May 27, 6:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
May 28, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH119 min
Jun 9, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jun 12, 5:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH53 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 20, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jun 21, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
Jun 21, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH35 min
Jun 21, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jun 21, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Jun 21, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Jun 21, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH61 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
Jun 21, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH61 min
Jun 21, 10:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Jun 22, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH42 min
Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 23, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 23, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH27 min
Jun 23, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH59 min
Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH74 min
Jun 24, 1:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 26, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Jun 26, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH89 min
Jun 27, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH87 min
Jun 27, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH87 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jun 27, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 27, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 28, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Jun 28, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Jul 4, 6:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jul 5, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Jul 6, 12:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 11, 3:28 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jul 12, 6:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 12, 9:11 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH22 hr
Jul 13, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 13, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jul 13, 7:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jul 19, 3:15 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jul 20, 3:43 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRAH23 hr
Jul 20, 3:43 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 20, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH35 min
Jul 20, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH36 min
Jul 20, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH27 min
Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRAH7 hr
Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRAH53 hr
Jul 21, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH32 min
Jul 23, 2:43 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 23, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jul 23, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 25, 4:06 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH15 hr
Jul 25, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH59 min
Jul 25, 7:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jul 28, 4:20 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRAH34 hr
Jul 28, 4:20 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Jul 29, 4:05 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Jul 29, 2:24 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH31 hr
Jul 30, 2:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 31, 1:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 3, 10:33 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH9 hr
Aug 3, 2:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Aug 5, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH91 min
Aug 5, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH36 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 7, 3:39 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH16 hr
Aug 7, 3:29 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Aug 7, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Aug 7, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Aug 12, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 13, 12:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH98 min
Aug 13, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
Aug 14, 6:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Aug 14, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Aug 14, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Aug 21, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 21, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Aug 21, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Aug 21, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Aug 22, 12:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 22, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Aug 25, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH53 hr
Aug 26, 12:25 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH33 hr
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, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 29, 7:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Aug 29, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Aug 29, 9:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 5, 3:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH50 hr
Sep 5, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Sep 5, 5:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Sep 5, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Sep 5, 8:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 6, 5:17 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 6, 8:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Sep 6, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Sep 6, 12:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Sep 6, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Sep 6, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 6, 4:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH68 min
Sep 6, 7:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Sep 6, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH47 min
Sep 6, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Sep 6, 9:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Sep 12, 2:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Sep 12, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH32 min
Sep 24, 3:35 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Sep 25, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
Sep 25, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Sep 30, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 30, 5:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Sep 30, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Oct 19, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRAH50 min
Oct 19, 6:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 29, 4:11 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH29 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 22, 3:52 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH5 hr
Nov 23, 1:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Nov 23, 3:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Nov 23, 4:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Nov 23, 4:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Nov 28, 9:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH86 min
Nov 28, 11:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH37 min
Nov 29, 3:40 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH76 min
Dec 7, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Dec 7, 5:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH53 min
Dec 27, 11:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH2 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.