Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016
123 flash flood warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 123
- Busiest month
- September35 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- October 8, 201622 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 3, 7:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| May 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| May 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 86 min |
| Jun 23, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 96 min |
| Jul 31, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 114 min |
| Aug 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 92 min |
| Sep 2, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 92 min |
| Sep 3, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 92 min |
| Sep 19, 12:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 10 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 5 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 103 min |
| Sep 29, 9:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 92 min |
| Sep 29, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 30 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 30 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 24 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Orange, Person, Vance and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 6:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cumberland County17
- Hoke County16
- Moore County13
- Harnett County10
- Pender County9
- Richmond County8
- Wake County8
- Durham County8
- Guilford County7
- Columbus County7
- Robeson County7
- Montgomery County6
- Orange County6
- Sampson County6
- Brunswick County6
- Bladen County6
- Mecklenburg County5
- Anson County5
- Randolph County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Chatham County5
- Johnston County5
- Wayne County5
- New Hanover County5
- Scotland County5
- Ashe County4
- Forsyth County4
- Nash County4
- Wilson County4
- Stanly County4
- Duplin County4
- Beaufort County4
- Martin County4
- Pitt County4
- Lee County4
- Lenoir County4
- Watauga County3
- Surry County3
- Wilkes County3
- Warren County3
48 more counties
- Alamance County3
- Onslow County3
- Carteret County3
- Dare County3
- Hyde County3
- Granville County3
- Person County3
- Greene County3
- Henderson County2
- Alleghany County2
- McDowell County2
- Avery County2
- Alexander County2
- Catawba County2
- Caswell County2
- Davidson County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Craven County2
- Jones County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Vance County2
- Pamlico County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Transylvania County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Mitchell County1
- Yancey County1
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Union County1
- Yadkin County1
- Iredell County1
- Swain County1
- Stokes County1
- Rowan County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans 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.