Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches / 2012
Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, May 2012
9 flash flood watches in May 2012. 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 in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20123 flash flood watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga and 2 more | 34 hr |
| May 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 15 more | 10 hr |
| May 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 11 hr |
| May 15, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 17 hr |
| May 15, 10:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 17 more | 17 hr |
| May 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 18 hr |
| May 22, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 18 hr |
| May 29, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson and 3 more | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County3
- Ashe County3
- Stokes County3
- Surry County3
- Watauga County3
- Wilkes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Avery County3
- Buncombe County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- McDowell County3
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
- Alexander County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Gaston County2
- Henderson County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Polk County2
- Rowan County2
- Rutherford County2
- Union County2
- Rockingham County1
- Madison County1
- Transylvania County1
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Guilford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Sampson County1
3 more counties
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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.