Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2021
92 flash flood warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 92
- Busiest month
- August38 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- August 17, 202116 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 16, 12:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 115 min |
| Jun 3, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 112 min |
| Jun 6, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 112 min |
| Jun 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 77 min |
| Jun 11, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 1:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 80 min |
| Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 79 min |
| Jul 27, 1:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 118 min |
| Jul 27, 2:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 9 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 118 min |
| Aug 7, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 81 min |
| Aug 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 117 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 8 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 8 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 84 min |
| Sep 22, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 112 min |
| Sep 22, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 8:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 5 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 8 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Transylvania County7
- Wake County6
- Jackson County5
- Franklin County5
- Wayne County5
- Randolph County5
- Surry County5
- Rutherford County5
- Henderson County5
- Chatham County4
- Guilford County4
- Haywood County4
- Buncombe County4
- McDowell County4
- Burke County4
- Moore County4
- Jones County3
- Onslow County3
- Macon County3
- Currituck County3
- Halifax County3
- Nash County3
- Durham County3
- Granville County3
- Yadkin County3
- Polk County3
- Johnston County3
- New Hanover County3
- Montgomery County3
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Warren County2
- Person County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Rockingham County2
- Caswell County2
- Stokes County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
41 more counties
- Wilkes County2
- Iredell County2
- Sampson County2
- Columbus County2
- Wilson County2
- Carteret County2
- Craven County2
- Catawba County2
- Brunswick County2
- Pender County2
- Richmond County2
- Duplin County1
- Swain County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Orange County1
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Vance County1
- Northampton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hoke County1
- Greene County1
- Lenoir County1
- Pitt County1
- Dare County1
- Hyde County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Lincoln County1
- Madison County1
- Yancey County1
- Mitchell County1
- Avery County1
- Caldwell County1
- Alleghany County1
- Davie County1
- Rowan County1
- Scotland County1
- Anson 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.