Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2016
44 freeze warnings in 2016. 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 freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 44
- Busiest month
- April24 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20166 freeze warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 29 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 31 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:49 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:58 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:28 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:17 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 29 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 42 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:08 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:28 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 19 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 17 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:40 PM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:43 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:55 PM EST | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:31 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:40 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Union | 29 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:40 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 29 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:16 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:00 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:38 PM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 16 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:18 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Dec 9, 6:31 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:00 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Graham County9
- Haywood County9
- Jackson County9
- Madison County9
- Swain County9
- Buncombe County8
- Macon County8
- Burke County7
- Caldwell County7
- Henderson County7
- McDowell County7
- Avery County7
- Mitchell County7
- Yancey County7
- Polk County6
- Rutherford County6
- Transylvania County6
- Cherokee County6
- Clay County6
- Ashe County6
- Watauga County6
- Alexander County5
- Catawba County5
- Cleveland County5
- Davie County5
- Gaston County5
- Iredell County5
- Lincoln County5
- Rowan County5
- Alleghany County5
- Cabarrus County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Northampton County4
- Union County4
- Surry County3
- Wilkes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Beaufort County3
- Dare County3
- Duplin County3
57 more counties
- Greene County3
- Hyde County3
- Jones County3
- Lenoir County3
- Martin County3
- Pamlico County3
- Pitt County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Washington County3
- Alamance County3
- Anson County3
- Chatham County3
- Cumberland County3
- Davidson County3
- Durham County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Forsyth County3
- Franklin County3
- Granville County3
- Guilford County3
- Halifax County3
- Harnett County3
- Hoke County3
- Johnston County3
- Lee County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Nash County3
- Orange County3
- Person County3
- Randolph County3
- Richmond County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County3
- Stanly County3
- Vance County3
- Wake County3
- Warren County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Bladen County3
- Pender County3
- Robeson County3
- Bertie County3
- Camden County3
- Chowan County3
- Currituck County3
- Gates County3
- Hertford County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Perquimans County3
- Brunswick County3
- New Hanover County3
- Caswell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Columbus County2
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.