Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011
120 flash flood warnings in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 120
- Busiest month
- August28 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- April 16, 20116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 110 min |
| Apr 25, 12:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 88 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| May 11, 2:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 4 hr |
| May 13, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 22, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| May 26, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 27, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 97 min |
| May 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 99 min |
| Jun 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 86 min |
| Jul 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 115 min |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 114 min |
| Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 108 min |
| Jul 7, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 93 min |
| Jul 7, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 9:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 93 min |
| Jul 9, 12:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Swain | 104 min |
| Jul 24, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 98 min |
| Jul 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 109 min |
| Jul 31, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 107 min |
| Jul 31, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 111 min |
| Aug 5, 11:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 108 min |
| Aug 6, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 85 min |
| Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 87 min |
| Aug 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 85 min |
| Aug 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 71 min |
| Aug 13, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 10:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Scotland | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 88 min |
| Aug 20, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 8:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 111 min |
| Sep 6, 10:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 12 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 112 min |
| Dec 22, 9:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilkes County19
- Ashe County16
- Watauga County13
- Alleghany County11
- Guilford County11
- Surry County11
- Wake County8
- Forsyth County8
- Henderson County7
- Transylvania County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Davidson County6
- Nash County6
- Anson County5
- Randolph County5
- Halifax County5
- Wayne County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Burke County4
- Stanly County4
- Chatham County4
- Durham County4
- Johnston County4
- Jackson County3
- Caldwell County3
- McDowell County3
- Avery County3
- Moore County3
- Yadkin County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Rowan County3
- Sampson County3
- Wilson County3
- Macon County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Orange County2
- Harnett County2
31 more counties
- Cumberland County2
- Franklin County2
- Union County2
- Richmond County2
- Scotland County2
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Stokes County1
- Granville County1
- Madison County1
- Hoke County1
- Alamance County1
- Northampton County1
- Rockingham County1
- Davie County1
- Haywood County1
- Swain County1
- Gaston County1
- Lincoln County1
- Beaufort County1
- Craven County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Iredell 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. Rebuilt daily.