Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1996
146 flash flood warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 146
- Busiest month
- September67 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- September 6, 199622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 6:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 10:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 10 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 117 min |
| Apr 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| May 6, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 59 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 116 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 107 min |
| Jul 19, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 8:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 116 min |
| Aug 2, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 112 min |
| Aug 11, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 118 min |
| Sep 3, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 119 min |
| Sep 3, 11:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wilson | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 12 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 115 min |
| Sep 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 115 min |
| Sep 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 117 min |
| Sep 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wake | 117 min |
| Sep 10, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Nash, Wake | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 119 min |
| Sep 12, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 12 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 16 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- New Hanover County16
- Pender County11
- Wake County9
- Brunswick County8
- Caldwell County8
- Burke County7
- Rockingham County7
- Bladen County6
- Ashe County5
- Transylvania County5
- Onslow County5
- Jackson County4
- Macon County4
- Buncombe County4
- Haywood County4
- Surry County4
- Sampson County4
- Lenoir County4
- Columbus County4
- Pitt County4
- Beaufort County4
- Craven County4
- Davidson County4
- Jones County4
- Caswell County4
- Watauga County3
- Cherokee County3
- Durham County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Carteret County3
- Pamlico County3
- Duplin County3
- Franklin County3
- Nash County3
- Anson County3
- Henderson County2
- McDowell County2
- Mitchell County2
- Johnston County2
- Forsyth County2
32 more counties
- Orange County2
- Robeson County2
- Moore County2
- Guilford County2
- Union County2
- Avery County2
- Wilkes County2
- Stanly County2
- Wayne County2
- Cumberland County2
- Martin County2
- Greene County2
- Chatham County2
- Halifax County2
- Yancey County1
- Alleghany County1
- Cleveland County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Harnett County1
- Catawba County1
- Gaston County1
- Rutherford County1
- Polk County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Wilson County1
- Granville County1
- Vance County1
- Alamance County1
- Warren County1
- Lee 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.