Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1989
73 flash flood warnings in 1989. 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 in 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 73
- Busiest month
- October19 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- October 1, 198914 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Greene, Pitt | 68 min |
| Apr 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| May 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anson | 4 hr |
| May 1, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 115 min |
| May 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 2 hr |
| May 5, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 119 min |
| May 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 96 min |
| May 10, 1:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 116 min |
| May 22, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 119 min |
| Jun 16, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 116 min |
| Jun 21, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 116 min |
| Jun 21, 8:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 10:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 11:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alamance | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 115 min |
| Sep 22, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 115 min |
| Sep 22, 8:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 58 min |
| Oct 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rowan | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 2, 12:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Stanly | 4 hr |
| Oct 2, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anson | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Transylvania County9
- Burke County6
- Rutherford County5
- Surry County5
- Polk County4
- McDowell County4
- Wilkes County4
- Caldwell County4
- Union County3
- Moore County3
- Stokes County3
- Avery County3
- Alleghany County3
- Lincoln County3
- Gaston County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Anson County2
- Henderson County2
- Rockingham County2
- Cherokee County2
- Watauga County2
- Macon County2
- Greene County1
- Pitt County1
- Wake County1
- Buncombe County1
- Halifax County1
- Chatham County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Alamance County1
- Cumberland County1
- Mitchell County1
- Yancey County1
- Ashe County1
- Jackson County1
- Clay County1
- Rowan County1
- Stanly County1
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.