Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2026
94 flash flood warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 94
- Busiest month
- July47 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 13, 202615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 92 min |
| May 25, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 12 hr |
| May 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 4 hr |
| May 25, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| May 25, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Clay | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 110 min |
| Jul 6, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 80 min |
| Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 10 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 8 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Sampson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 119 min |
| Jul 28, 12:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 95 min |
| Jul 28, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 8 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 83 min |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Scotland | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 86 min |
| Sep 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 116 min |
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 72 min |
| Sep 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Surry County9
- Wake County9
- Johnston County7
- Harnett County7
- Anson County7
- Sampson County6
- Stanly County6
- Richmond County6
- Durham County5
- Wilkes County5
- Moore County5
- Davidson County4
- Orange County4
- Cumberland County4
- Chatham County4
- Wayne County4
- Camden County3
- Currituck County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Henderson County3
- Caldwell County3
- Dare County3
- Gates County3
- Hertford County3
- Northampton County3
- Alleghany County3
- Montgomery County3
- Guilford County3
- Bertie County3
- Hoke County3
- Nash County3
- Stokes County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Halifax County3
- Chowan County2
- Yadkin County2
- Cherokee County2
- Wilson County2
- Lee County2
- Scotland County2
34 more counties
- Randolph County2
- Granville County2
- Franklin County2
- Buncombe County2
- Columbus County2
- Ashe County2
- New Hanover County2
- McDowell County2
- Rutherford County2
- Transylvania County1
- Alexander County1
- Clay County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Duplin County1
- Lenoir County1
- Beaufort County1
- Pamlico County1
- Cleveland County1
- Gaston County1
- Lincoln County1
- Robeson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Alamance County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Bladen County1
- Watauga County1
- Avery County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Craven County1
- Carteret County1
- Brunswick County1
- Perquimans County1
- Polk County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.