Alert archive / North Carolina / Gates County

Weather alerts in Gates County, North Carolina, 2018

116 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Gates County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
116
Warnings
10
Watches
10
Advisories
20
Busiest month
July28 alerts
Busiest day
June 23, 20189 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Gates County, 2018

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings5340%6100%11 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2018

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings471568%2886%17 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings1228530%21277%22 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings372532%6588%97 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 3:12 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQ24 hr
Jan 2, 9:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAKQ44 hr
Jan 3, 4:13 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 3, 9:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 4, 2:30 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryAKQ20 hr
Jan 5, 4:20 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryAKQ33 hr
Jan 12, 4:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ39 min
Jan 16, 3:26 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ49 hr
Feb 20, 12:57 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ11 hr
Feb 23, 11:41 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ4 hr
Mar 1, 11:28 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningAKQ40 hr
Mar 1, 11:28 AM ESTWind AdvisoryAKQ40 hr
Mar 11, 3:54 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ33 hr
Apr 4, 1:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 15, 9:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 15, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Apr 15, 11:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Apr 16, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ31 min
May 9, 11:54 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ6 hr
May 10, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 10, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ51 min
May 14, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ50 min
May 14, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ59 min
May 14, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ62 min
May 19, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ44 min
May 21, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ66 min
May 21, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
May 23, 3:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 28, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ39 min
May 29, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ56 min
Jun 11, 12:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ54 min
Jun 17, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ41 min
Jun 17, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ41 min
Jun 18, 3:19 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQ29 hr
Jun 20, 2:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 20, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Jun 21, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ52 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ27 min
Jun 21, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ45 min
Jun 22, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Jun 22, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Jun 22, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ64 min
Jun 23, 1:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Jun 23, 1:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ38 min
Jun 23, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ52 min
Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Jun 24, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ30 min
Jun 24, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ61 min
Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQ29 hr
Jul 11, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ39 min
Jul 11, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ40 min
Jul 12, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Jul 17, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ36 min
Jul 17, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Jul 17, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Jul 21, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ57 min
Jul 21, 2:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 22, 8:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ31 min
Jul 22, 11:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ23 hr
Jul 22, 12:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 22, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ48 min
Jul 22, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ40 min
Jul 22, 10:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ116 min
Jul 23, 3:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ52 hr
Jul 23, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ51 min
Jul 23, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ45 min
Jul 24, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ53 min
Jul 24, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ47 min
Jul 24, 4:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ6 hr
Jul 24, 6:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Jul 24, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 24, 11:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 25, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ57 min
Jul 27, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ39 min
Jul 29, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ45 min
Jul 30, 7:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ53 min
Aug 2, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ40 min
Aug 3, 6:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ40 min
Aug 3, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ50 min
Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQ28 hr
Aug 8, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ44 min
Aug 8, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ30 min
Aug 11, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ33 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 11, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ54 min
Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ56 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ2 hr
Aug 11, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ63 min
Aug 12, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ53 min
Aug 18, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ40 min
Aug 18, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Aug 31, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ31 min
Aug 31, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ35 min
Sep 1, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Sep 2, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ37 min
Sep 2, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Sep 12, 5:11 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningAKQ54 hr
Sep 13, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 14, 11:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 15, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ53 min
Oct 8, 6:09 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Oct 10, 4:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ47 hr
Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningAKQ39 hr
Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDTWind AdvisoryAKQ34 hr
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr
Oct 11, 12:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Oct 11, 3:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Nov 9, 3:23 PM ESTFreeze WarningAKQ42 hr
Nov 14, 3:32 AM ESTFlood WatchAKQ35 hr
Dec 13, 3:02 PM ESTFlood WatchAKQ47 hr
Dec 28, 4:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ53 min
Dec 28, 5:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ58 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.