Alert archive / North Carolina / Duplin County
Weather alerts in Duplin County, North Carolina, 2008
179 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Duplin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 179
- Warnings
- 59
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- June25 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 27, 20088 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 8 tornado warnings covering Duplin County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 4 minutes after it went out.
Duplin County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 8 | 2 | 75% | 2 | 50% | 4 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 42 | 20 | 52% | 21 | 90% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 68 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: tornado warnings | 60 | 15 | 75% | 26 | 69% | 18 min |
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 197 | 54 | 73% | 104 | 74% | 26 min |
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 68 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 1, 2:24 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | 27 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:00 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:48 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:28 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MHX | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:35 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | 30 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Feb 18, 2:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| Feb 18, 2:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 43 min |
| Feb 19, 3:37 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MHX | 13 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:20 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Mar 4, 6:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 11:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 11:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 85 min |
| Mar 5, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 81 min |
| Mar 7, 4:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 8, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 15, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 9:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 10:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 11:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | 10 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 3:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 3:24 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 6:29 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 23 min |
| Apr 12, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | 28 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:29 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MHX | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 20, 7:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 4, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 20 min |
| May 4, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 45 min |
| May 5, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 9, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 10, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 60 min |
| May 10, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 18 min |
| May 10, 2:02 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 11, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 11, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 11, 10:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 47 min |
| May 20, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 64 min |
| May 20, 8:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 6:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 5, 4:05 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 14 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:23 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 16 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 28 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 29 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 29 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 27 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 10:01 AM EDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | MHX | 5 days |
| Jun 20, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 22 min |
| Jun 23, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 8, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | 27 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 1:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 2, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 11, 12:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 8:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 27, 9:16 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | MHX | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | 49 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 9:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 3:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 25, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Oct 1, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 34 min |
| Oct 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Oct 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | 44 min |
| Oct 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 18 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:24 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Nov 15, 4:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 12:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 10:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Dec 11, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Dec 11, 3:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:00 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 18 hr |
| Dec 19, 10:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 113 min |
| Dec 27, 5:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:26 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 15 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 | 42 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 15 |
| Tornado Watch | 12 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 68 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 5 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
| Dense Smoke Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Inland Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20072009
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.