Alert archive / North Carolina
Flood Watches in North Carolina
422 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 422
- Busiest year
- 202467 flood watches
- Average year
- 20over 21 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.
- Surry County83
- Alleghany County81
- Ashe County81
- Watauga County81
- Wilkes County81
- Stokes County61
- Yadkin County59
- Jones County54
- Pamlico County54
- Jackson County53
- Rockingham County53
- Transylvania County53
- Beaufort County52
- Cherokee County52
- Clay County52
- Hyde County52
- Macon County51
- Caswell County50
- Dare County49
- Gates County49
- Henderson County48
- Hertford County48
- Bertie County47
- Camden County47
- Chowan County47
- Currituck County47
- Pasquotank County47
- Perquimans County47
- Pitt County47
- Columbus County46
- Greene County45
- Lenoir County45
- Washington County45
- Duplin County44
- Tyrrell County44
- Martin County43
- Bladen County42
- Northampton County42
- Polk County42
- Rutherford County40
60 more counties
- Burke County37
- Caldwell County37
- Avery County36
- Durham County36
- McDowell County36
- Wake County36
- Buncombe County35
- Orange County35
- Robeson County35
- Brunswick County35
- Franklin County34
- Harnett County34
- Mitchell County34
- Wayne County34
- Yancey County34
- New Hanover County34
- Chatham County33
- Cumberland County33
- Granville County33
- Haywood County33
- Johnston County33
- Lee County33
- Vance County33
- Warren County33
- Wilson County33
- Graham County33
- Pender County33
- Alexander County32
- Moore County32
- Richmond County32
- Sampson County32
- Swain County32
- Alamance County31
- Edgecombe County31
- Hoke County31
- Person County31
- Scotland County31
- Anson County30
- Guilford County30
- Montgomery County30
- Nash County30
- Randolph County30
- Forsyth County29
- Halifax County29
- Cabarrus County28
- Davidson County28
- Lincoln County28
- Mecklenburg County28
- Stanly County28
- Gaston County27
- Cleveland County26
- Rowan County26
- Madison County26
- Craven County26
- Catawba County25
- Union County24
- Carteret County23
- Davie County22
- Iredell County22
- Onslow County22
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 54 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Onslow and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:54 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 61 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 4 days |
| Jul 21, 3:02 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 54 hr |
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.