Alert archive / North Carolina
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina
4,236 flash flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 4,236
- Busiest year
- 2024272 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 103over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County262
- Guilford County204
- Mecklenburg County179
- Wilkes County175
- Ashe County162
- Watauga County160
- Durham County152
- Caldwell County136
- Surry County135
- Johnston County132
- Davidson County131
- Burke County130
- Randolph County130
- Stanly County128
- Cumberland County124
- Forsyth County121
- New Hanover County117
- Henderson County114
- Orange County113
- Transylvania County111
- McDowell County110
- Moore County108
- Brunswick County107
- Alleghany County105
- Pender County104
- Chatham County103
- Nash County101
- Harnett County100
- Cabarrus County99
- Anson County97
- Sampson County95
- Rutherford County93
- Wayne County93
- Rockingham County92
- Montgomery County91
- Franklin County88
- Jackson County87
- Union County87
- Halifax County84
- Richmond County83
60 more counties
- Edgecombe County81
- Columbus County80
- Alamance County79
- Avery County79
- Wilson County79
- Hoke County76
- Granville County76
- Polk County75
- Stokes County74
- Buncombe County71
- Onslow County71
- Macon County65
- Iredell County64
- Hertford County64
- Duplin County64
- Caswell County63
- Bertie County63
- Rowan County59
- Bladen County59
- Pitt County58
- Lee County58
- Haywood County57
- Craven County57
- Catawba County56
- Scotland County55
- Yadkin County55
- Cherokee County54
- Jones County54
- Gates County54
- Carteret County53
- Lenoir County53
- Gaston County51
- Yancey County50
- Person County50
- Warren County50
- Northampton County50
- Mitchell County49
- Pasquotank County49
- Vance County48
- Madison County48
- Camden County46
- Alexander County45
- Beaufort County44
- Currituck County44
- Cleveland County42
- Swain County41
- Robeson County40
- Chowan County40
- Lincoln County39
- Greene County35
- Perquimans County35
- Pamlico County34
- Martin County31
- Clay County29
- Davie County26
- Graham County25
- Dare County24
- Hyde County16
- Washington County15
- Tyrrell County6
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 72 min |
| Sep 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 116 min |
| Sep 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 86 min |
| Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 3 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.