Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2017
42 freeze warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 42
- Busiest month
- March26 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- November 10, 20176 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 3, 3:29 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 30 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:22 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:06 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 23 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:10 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:53 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:03 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:39 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:22 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 46 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:31 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:57 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Mar 15, 3:44 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:55 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:58 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 15, 11:17 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:31 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:06 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Mitchell, Yancey | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:58 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:29 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:30 AM EST | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:57 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Davie, Polk, Rowan | 31 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:03 AM EST | Freeze Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 31 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:05 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:10 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:18 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:35 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 7 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:27 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Davie County11
- Rowan County11
- Alexander County10
- Burke County10
- Caldwell County10
- Catawba County10
- Iredell County10
- Lincoln County10
- McDowell County10
- Cabarrus County9
- Cleveland County9
- Rutherford County9
- Cherokee County9
- Clay County9
- Bladen County8
- Columbus County8
- Pender County8
- Robeson County8
- Gaston County8
- Polk County8
- Mecklenburg County7
- Union County7
- Brunswick County6
- New Hanover County6
- Avery County2
- Haywood County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Anson County2
- Davidson County2
- Forsyth County2
- Guilford County2
- Montgomery County2
- Randolph County2
- Stanly County2
- Hyde County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Ashe County1
- Watauga County1
56 more counties
- Buncombe County1
- Graham County1
- Henderson County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Alamance County1
- Chatham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Beaufort County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico County1
- Pitt County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Dare 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.