Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2018
36 freeze warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 36
- Busiest month
- November13 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- November 10, 20184 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 8, 3:10 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 18 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 18 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Mar 23, 5:18 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:43 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:07 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 42 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 43 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania | 29 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:11 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:35 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:02 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:14 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 21, 8:53 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 8, 11:04 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 47 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:23 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:12 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:34 AM EST | Freeze Warning | GSP | Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:36 AM EST | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:14 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 24 hr |
| Nov 22, 2:41 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 30 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:11 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:43 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:39 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | Dare | 29 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:58 AM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 29 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 20 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:10 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pender County10
- Bladen County8
- Robeson County7
- Brunswick County6
- Columbus County6
- New Hanover County6
- Cherokee County5
- Clay County5
- Alamance County4
- Chatham County4
- Davidson County4
- Forsyth County4
- Guilford County4
- Orange County4
- Person County4
- Randolph County4
- Graham County4
- Haywood County4
- Jackson County4
- Macon County4
- Swain County4
- Buncombe County4
- Henderson County4
- Madison County4
- Transylvania County4
- Durham County3
- Franklin County3
- Granville County3
- Lee County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Stanly County3
- Vance County3
- Wake County3
- Warren County3
- Catawba County3
- Cleveland County3
- Davie County3
- Iredell County3
- Lincoln County3
57 more counties
- Polk County3
- Rowan County3
- Rutherford County3
- Burke County3
- McDowell County3
- Dare County3
- Cabarrus County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Halifax County2
- Nash County2
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Avery County2
- Caldwell County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Anson County2
- Richmond County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Beaufort County2
- Duplin County2
- Greene County2
- Hyde County2
- Jones County2
- Lenoir County2
- Martin County2
- Pamlico County2
- Pitt County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Alexander County1
- Bertie County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Gaston County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Union County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson 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.