Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018
245 flash flood warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 245
- Busiest month
- September91 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- September 14, 201823 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
160 of 245 flash flood warnings covering North Carolina in 2018 had a flash flood report inside them; 588 of 651 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 357 minutes after it went out.
North Carolina, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash flood warnings | 245 | 160 | 35% | 651 | 90% | 357 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 37 | 25 | 32% | 65 | 88% | 97 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: flash flood warnings | 74 | 53 | 28% | 177 | 83% | 159 min |
| NWS Wilmington, NC: flash flood warnings | 30 | 19 | 37% | 199 | 90% | 391 min |
| NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings | 74 | 57 | 23% | 235 | 93% | 439 min |
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: flash flood warnings | 23 | 6 | 74% | 18 | 100% | 862 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 132 | 82 | 38% | 290 | 84% | 132 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: flash flood warnings | 37 | 27 | 27% | 35 | 83% | 73 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 17, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 99 min |
| May 17, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 7 hr |
| May 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| May 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 4 hr |
| May 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 3 hr |
| May 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 6 hr |
| May 18, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| May 18, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| May 18, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| May 18, 11:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 5 hr |
| May 19, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 2 hr |
| May 19, 2:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 5 hr |
| May 20, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| May 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 5 hr |
| May 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 4 hr |
| May 20, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 2 hr |
| May 21, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 114 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 7 hr |
| May 21, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 2 hr |
| May 26, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 2 hr |
| May 26, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 116 min |
| May 26, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 82 min |
| May 28, 10:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 2 hr |
| May 28, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| May 29, 11:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 62 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| May 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 5 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 5 hr |
| May 29, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 29, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 12 hr |
| May 29, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 12 hr |
| May 29, 11:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| May 29, 11:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 6 hr |
| May 29, 11:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 10 hr |
| May 30, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 69 min |
| May 31, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 77 min |
| May 31, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 115 min |
| Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 104 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 72 min |
| Jul 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 115 min |
| Jul 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 85 min |
| Jul 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 108 min |
| Jul 22, 5:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 77 min |
| Jul 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 114 min |
| Jul 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 90 min |
| Jul 30, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 14 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 72 min |
| Aug 4, 9:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 82 min |
| Aug 4, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wilson | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 113 min |
| Aug 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 69 min |
| Aug 10, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 112 min |
| Aug 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 114 min |
| Sep 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 10 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 8 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 7 hr |
| Sep 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 31 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Hyde | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 8 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 30 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 20 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 20 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 23 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 17 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 14 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 16 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 16 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Sampson and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 20 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 12 hr |
| Sep 15, 6:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 32 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones, Pamlico | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 9 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 22 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones, Pamlico | 8 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 11 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 12 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 12 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 12 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Harnett and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 88 min |
| Sep 17, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 9 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 5 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 11 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 21 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 10 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake | 9 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Moore | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 25 hr |
| Nov 12, 8:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 6 hr |
| Nov 12, 8:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 8 hr |
| Nov 12, 11:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Wake | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McDowell County19
- Wake County17
- Wilkes County16
- Burke County15
- Surry County14
- Durham County13
- Rockingham County13
- Guilford County13
- Brunswick County13
- Caldwell County12
- Rutherford County12
- Harnett County12
- Stokes County12
- New Hanover County12
- Pender County12
- Chatham County11
- Orange County11
- Watauga County11
- Randolph County11
- Moore County10
- Ashe County10
- Davidson County10
- Columbus County10
- Jones County10
- Robeson County10
- Polk County9
- Yadkin County9
- Johnston County9
- Wayne County9
- Bladen County9
- Lee County8
- Buncombe County8
- Henderson County8
- Caswell County8
- Alleghany County8
- Forsyth County8
- Hoke County7
- Rowan County7
- Craven County7
- Granville County6
44 more counties
- Mecklenburg County6
- Avery County6
- Cumberland County6
- Wilson County6
- Carteret County6
- Pamlico County6
- Sampson County6
- Onslow County5
- Duplin County5
- Scotland County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Richmond County4
- Dare County4
- Alamance County4
- Person County4
- Lenoir County4
- Davie County3
- Yancey County3
- Nash County3
- Stanly County3
- Iredell County3
- Beaufort County3
- Union County3
- Cleveland County2
- Macon County2
- Mitchell County2
- Cherokee County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Pitt County2
- Hyde County2
- Anson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Vance County2
- Transylvania County1
- Swain County1
- Clay County1
- Gaston County1
- Halifax County1
- Warren County1
- Greene County1
- Franklin County1
- Alexander County1
- Catawba County1
- Lincoln County1
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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.