Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings / 2020
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, August 2020
55 flash flood warnings in August 2020. 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 55
- Busiest day
- August 6, 202012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt | 98 min |
| Aug 4, 2:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Halifax, Vance, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 86 min |
| Aug 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 110 min |
| Aug 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 116 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 72 min |
| Aug 12, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 114 min |
| Aug 15, 12:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett | 9 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 119 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 116 min |
| Aug 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Wake | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Catawba County7
- Forsyth County7
- Wilkes County6
- Burke County5
- Wake County5
- Surry County5
- Harnett County4
- Caldwell County4
- Ashe County4
- Iredell County4
- Gates County3
- Yadkin County3
- Camden County3
- Guilford County3
- Davidson County3
- Durham County3
- McDowell County2
- Johnston County2
- Franklin County2
- Bertie County2
- Hertford County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Davie County2
- Orange County2
- Watauga County2
- Rowan County2
- Alleghany County2
- Alexander County2
- Madison County1
- Rutherford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Nash County1
- Wilson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico 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.