Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2021
42 flash flood watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 42
- Busiest month
- August11 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 30, 20213 flash flood watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett and 12 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 28 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 37 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 23 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 44 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 35 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Person and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 23 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Clay | 20 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 19 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 21 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 28 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Northampton | 36 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 10 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 53 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 4 min |
| Aug 3, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 40 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 24 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 48 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 60 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson and 7 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 39 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 69 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 41 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County8
- Macon County8
- Transylvania County8
- Clay County7
- Haywood County7
- Henderson County7
- Brunswick County6
- Columbus County6
- New Hanover County6
- Pender County6
- Cherokee County6
- Graham County6
- Swain County6
- Avery County6
- Mitchell County6
- Polk County6
- Rutherford County6
- Yancey County6
- Alleghany County6
- Ashe County6
- Watauga County6
- Bladen County5
- Buncombe County5
- Burke County5
- Caldwell County5
- McDowell County5
- Northampton County5
- Surry County5
- Wilkes County5
- Beaufort County4
- Carteret County4
- Craven County4
- Dare County4
- Duplin County4
- Greene County4
- Hyde County4
- Jones County4
- Lenoir County4
- Martin County4
- Onslow County4
49 more counties
- Pamlico County4
- Pitt County4
- Tyrrell County4
- Washington County4
- Edgecombe County4
- Franklin County4
- Halifax County4
- Nash County4
- Wilson County4
- Madison County4
- Bertie County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Currituck County4
- Gates County4
- Hertford County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Perquimans County4
- Anson County3
- Cumberland County3
- Harnett County3
- Hoke County3
- Johnston County3
- Lee County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Richmond County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County3
- Wake County3
- Wayne County3
- Granville County3
- Vance County3
- Warren County3
- Stokes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Robeson County2
- Chatham County2
- Durham County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Rockingham County2
- Alamance County1
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Guilford County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Caswell 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.