Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings / 2026
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, August 2026
24 flash flood warnings in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 24
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20265 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Surry County5
- Stanly County4
- Stokes County3
- Moore County3
- Wilkes County2
- Hoke County2
- Anson County2
- Sampson County2
- Richmond County2
- Yadkin County1
- Cherokee County1
- Ashe County1
- Watauga County1
- Avery County1
- Caldwell County1
- Dare County1
- Alleghany County1
- Harnett County1
- Guilford County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Cumberland County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Montgomery County1
- Scotland County1
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.