Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1990
65 flash flood warnings in 1990. 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 1990. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 65
- Busiest month
- October34 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- October 12, 199017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:06 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 2 hr |
| May 4, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Pitt | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 97 min |
| Oct 12, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 103 min |
| Oct 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 116 min |
| Oct 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 116 min |
| Oct 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Davidson, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 12:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Davidson, Guilford | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 12:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rowan | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Clay | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Watauga County7
- Cherokee County6
- Polk County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Avery County5
- Macon County4
- McDowell County4
- Burke County4
- Rutherford County4
- Transylvania County3
- Henderson County3
- Gaston County3
- Caldwell County3
- Guilford County3
- Wilkes County3
- Alleghany County3
- Rowan County3
- Graham County2
- Buncombe County2
- Cleveland County2
- Swain County2
- Clay County2
- Union County2
- Ashe County2
- Davidson County2
- Cabarrus County1
- Lincoln County1
- Jackson County1
- Franklin County1
- Johnston County1
- Nash County1
- Wake County1
- Pitt County1
- Greene County1
- Haywood 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.