Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings / 2018
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, May 2018
58 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 58
- Busiest day
- May 18, 201814 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McDowell County10
- Burke County7
- Rutherford County7
- Henderson County6
- Caldwell County6
- Buncombe County5
- Watauga County5
- Polk County5
- Wilkes County5
- Avery County4
- Stokes County3
- Surry County3
- Rockingham County2
- Ashe County2
- Yadkin County2
- Durham County2
- Wake County2
- Guilford County2
- Randolph County2
- Macon County2
- Transylvania County1
- Caswell County1
- Davie County1
- Rowan County1
- Chatham County1
- Davidson County1
- Orange County1
- Swain County1
- Columbus County1
- Brunswick County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Hoke County1
- Moore County1
- Richmond County1
- Yancey County1
- Mitchell County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Gaston 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.