Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1997
79 flash flood warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 79
- Busiest month
- July45 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 23, 199722 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 28, 10:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 11:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 12:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 3 hr |
| May 3, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell, Catawba | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 95 min |
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Moore | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 115 min |
| Jul 23, 4:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 118 min |
| Jul 23, 5:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 105 min |
| Jul 23, 8:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 69 min |
| Jul 24, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 91 min |
| Sep 15, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 81 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stanly County12
- Jackson County7
- Haywood County6
- New Hanover County5
- Moore County5
- Montgomery County5
- Cherokee County4
- Pender County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Davidson County4
- Transylvania County3
- Macon County3
- Randolph County3
- Wake County3
- Harnett County3
- Lee County3
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Alamance County2
- Durham County2
- Caswell County2
- Henderson County2
- Anson County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Halifax County2
- Nash County2
- Wilson County2
- Sampson County2
- Duplin County2
- Lincoln County1
- Guilford County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Wilkes County1
- Buncombe County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chatham County1
- Rowan County1
- Union County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.