Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2012
96 flash flood warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 96
- Busiest month
- August34 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20125 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 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 5, 10:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 103 min |
| May 8, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 4 hr |
| May 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| May 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Iredell | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 6 hr |
| May 14, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 5 hr |
| May 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 2 hr |
| May 22, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| May 22, 11:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 105 min |
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 116 min |
| Jun 24, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 92 min |
| Jun 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 85 min |
| Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville | 108 min |
| Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 105 min |
| Jul 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 12:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Wilkes | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 109 min |
| Aug 2, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 70 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Richmond | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 119 min |
| Aug 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 112 min |
| Aug 19, 8:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 9:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 87 min |
| Aug 19, 11:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 84 min |
| Aug 22, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 94 min |
| Aug 22, 11:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 108 min |
| Sep 3, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 76 min |
| Sep 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 93 min |
| Sep 18, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange | 89 min |
| Oct 2, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Guilford County11
- Davidson County9
- Mecklenburg County8
- Wake County7
- Randolph County7
- Wilkes County6
- Ashe County6
- Watauga County5
- Forsyth County5
- Cumberland County5
- Halifax County5
- Surry County4
- Caldwell County4
- Stanly County4
- Rockingham County3
- Stokes County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Nash County3
- Henderson County3
- Alleghany County3
- Warren County3
- Durham County3
- Orange County3
- Anson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Richmond County2
- Alexander County2
- Iredell County2
- Granville County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Burke County2
- Catawba County2
- Chatham County2
- Union County2
- Avery County2
- Mitchell County2
- Wilson County1
- Yadkin County1
- Yancey County1
- Wayne 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.