Alert archive / North Carolina / Currituck County
Weather alerts in Currituck County, North Carolina, 2021
165 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Currituck County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 165
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- August36 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 1, 202111 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 4 tornado warnings covering Currituck County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them.
Currituck County, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 15 | 12% | 10 | 100% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 3 | 0% | 5 | 100% | 59 min |
Each office's whole area, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 39 | 8 | 79% | 13 | 62% | 15 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 239 | 170 | 29% | 321 | 91% | 21 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 63 | 49 | 22% | 114 | 99% | 66 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:29 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:49 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:41 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:23 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:53 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:09 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:14 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | 45 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 66 min |
| Feb 22, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 59 min |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 3:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:11 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 45 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:08 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 60 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 4:32 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:52 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | 16 hr |
| May 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| May 4, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| May 4, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | 33 min |
| May 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 32 min |
| May 10, 12:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 21, 4:12 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 4 days |
| May 25, 4:31 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 15 hr |
| May 28, 4:17 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 52 hr |
| May 29, 4:00 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| May 29, 12:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 3, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 116 min |
| Jun 4, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 69 min |
| Jun 4, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 5:32 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:21 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 19 min |
| Jul 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 5:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 12:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 30, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 1, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 4:59 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 15 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 118 min |
| Aug 5, 5:00 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 14 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 7, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 51 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 14 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 3 days |
| Aug 20, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 74 min |
| Aug 20, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 81 min |
| Aug 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:07 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 4 days |
| Sep 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 51 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:53 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 51 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 4 days |
| Oct 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 43 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 days |
| Oct 9, 9:50 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 42 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:20 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:13 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:13 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:50 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Oct 28, 4:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:59 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Oct 29, 11:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Oct 29, 4:24 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 days |
| Nov 5, 3:24 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 3 days |
| Nov 6, 4:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 43 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:15 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:16 AM EST | Freeze Watch | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:18 PM EST | Freeze Watch | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:33 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| Dec 18, 3:29 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 6 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 17 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Special Weather Statement | 42 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| High Surf Advisory | 7 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 15 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 4 |
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.