Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024
272 flash flood warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 272
- Busiest month
- September91 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- September 27, 202447 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.
177 of 272 flash flood warnings covering North Carolina in 2024 had a flash flood report inside them; 398 of 440 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 126 minutes after it went out.
North Carolina, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash flood warnings | 272 | 177 | 35% | 440 | 90% | 126 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: flash flood warnings | 116 | 54 | 53% | 144 | 90% | 138 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 144 | 110 | 24% | 212 | 98% | 74 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 89 | 53 | 40% | 210 | 73% | 169 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: flash flood warnings | 61 | 35 | 43% | 92 | 76% | 75 min |
| NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings | 69 | 47 | 32% | 141 | 90% | 102 min |
| NWS Wilmington, NC: flash flood warnings | 41 | 29 | 29% | 95 | 96% | 202 min |
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: flash flood warnings | 35 | 26 | 26% | 66 | 95% | 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 9:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 9 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville | 114 min |
| May 4, 8:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 113 min |
| May 14, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 106 min |
| May 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 87 min |
| May 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 79 min |
| May 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| May 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 115 min |
| Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gates | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 79 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 73 min |
| Jul 18, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 71 min |
| Jul 19, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Onslow | 116 min |
| Jul 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Onslow | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 80 min |
| Aug 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 23 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 20 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 20 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 19 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Wake and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 11 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 15 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 10 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 10 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash | 11 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 13 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake, Wayne and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 9 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 106 min |
| Aug 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne | 103 min |
| Aug 30, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 107 min |
| Aug 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 85 min |
| Aug 30, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gates | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 7 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 12:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Wake | 108 min |
| Sep 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Person | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Madison | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 22 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 11 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 12 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 3 days |
| Sep 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 9 hr |
| Sep 26, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Polk, Transylvania | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 9 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 9 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 9 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 13 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 13 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 15 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 23 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 104 min |
| Sep 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 48 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 42 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 8 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 113 min |
| Sep 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County23
- Craven County16
- Durham County15
- Chatham County14
- Brunswick County14
- McDowell County13
- Jones County13
- Orange County12
- Ashe County12
- Pender County12
- Burke County11
- Guilford County11
- Currituck County11
- Carteret County11
- Onslow County11
- New Hanover County11
- Bladen County11
- Mecklenburg County10
- Camden County10
- Cumberland County10
- Lenoir County10
- Rutherford County9
- Caldwell County9
- Buncombe County9
- Wilkes County9
- Alexander County9
- Alleghany County9
- Beaufort County9
- Pitt County9
- Hertford County9
- Columbus County9
- Henderson County8
- Surry County8
- Watauga County8
- Alamance County8
- Pasquotank County8
- Sampson County8
- Transylvania County7
- Iredell County7
- Randolph County7
56 more counties
- Granville County7
- Northampton County7
- Duplin County7
- Gates County7
- Bertie County7
- Hoke County7
- Mitchell County6
- Yancey County6
- Stanly County6
- Franklin County6
- Martin County6
- Harnett County6
- Johnston County6
- Scotland County6
- Wayne County6
- Polk County5
- Avery County5
- Yadkin County5
- Gaston County5
- Rockingham County5
- Stokes County5
- Caswell County5
- Catawba County5
- Anson County5
- Moore County5
- Person County5
- Vance County5
- Pamlico County5
- Greene County5
- Robeson County5
- Jackson County5
- Madison County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Davidson County4
- Forsyth County4
- Montgomery County4
- Richmond County4
- Perquimans County4
- Lee County4
- Nash County4
- Wilson County4
- Union County3
- Chowan County3
- Macon County3
- Haywood County3
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Rowan County2
- Warren County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Lincoln County2
- Swain County2
- Washington County1
- Dare County1
- Halifax County1
- Graham 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.