Alert archive / North Carolina
Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina
438 flash flood watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 438
- Busiest year
- 202061 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 27over 16 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County110
- Ashe County110
- Watauga County107
- Wilkes County95
- Surry County93
- Caldwell County74
- Transylvania County74
- Burke County72
- Henderson County72
- Jackson County72
- McDowell County72
- Yadkin County70
- Avery County69
- Macon County69
- Mitchell County67
- Polk County67
- Yancey County67
- Rutherford County65
- Stokes County63
- Buncombe County60
- Rockingham County55
- Randolph County54
- Davidson County53
- Guilford County53
- Haywood County53
- Montgomery County53
- Stanly County53
- Anson County52
- Forsyth County52
- Wake County52
- Alexander County51
- Richmond County51
- Alamance County50
- Chatham County50
- Cumberland County50
- Graham County50
- Harnett County50
- Johnston County50
- Moore County50
- Swain County50
60 more counties
- Franklin County49
- Iredell County49
- Lee County49
- Mecklenburg County49
- Wayne County49
- Wilson County49
- Davie County48
- Durham County48
- Madison County48
- Orange County48
- Rowan County48
- Sampson County48
- Scotland County48
- Cabarrus County47
- Catawba County47
- Hoke County47
- Union County47
- Edgecombe County46
- Nash County46
- Vance County46
- Granville County45
- Person County45
- Caswell County44
- Gaston County43
- Warren County43
- Halifax County42
- Lincoln County42
- Northampton County39
- Cleveland County38
- Bertie County37
- Hertford County37
- Gates County36
- Camden County35
- Chowan County35
- Currituck County35
- Pasquotank County35
- Perquimans County35
- Clay County34
- Cherokee County33
- Brunswick County33
- New Hanover County32
- Columbus County31
- Pender County31
- Bladen County29
- Jones County26
- Robeson County25
- Beaufort County24
- Duplin County24
- Greene County24
- Lenoir County24
- Pamlico County24
- Pitt County24
- Dare County22
- Hyde County22
- Martin County22
- Tyrrell County22
- Washington County22
- Craven County10
- Onslow County10
- Carteret County9
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.