Alert archive / North Carolina
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina
270 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 270
- Busiest year
- 200823 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 12over 22 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.
- Watauga County94
- Ashe County93
- Alleghany County76
- Avery County62
- Yancey County61
- Mitchell County60
- Burke County47
- Caldwell County47
- McDowell County47
- Buncombe County40
- Jackson County37
- Henderson County36
- Haywood County33
- Madison County33
- Transylvania County31
- Macon County30
- Swain County29
- Graham County28
- Rutherford County28
- Dare County23
- Hyde County23
- Polk County23
- Currituck County21
- Surry County21
- Cherokee County19
- Clay County19
- Wilkes County19
- Camden County12
- Pasquotank County12
- Carteret County10
- Edgecombe County9
- Halifax County9
- Johnston County9
- Nash County9
- Wayne County9
- Wilson County9
- Franklin County8
- Sampson County8
- Warren County8
- Catawba County7
57 more counties
- Hoke County7
- Perquimans County7
- Scotland County7
- Vance County7
- Wake County7
- Alexander County6
- Cleveland County6
- Pamlico County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Cumberland County6
- Durham County6
- Granville County6
- Harnett County6
- Moore County6
- Chowan County6
- Lincoln County5
- Alamance County5
- Davie County5
- Iredell County5
- Lee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Orange County5
- Person County5
- Rowan County5
- Stokes County5
- Union County5
- Yadkin County5
- Cabarrus County4
- Chatham County4
- Gaston County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Richmond County4
- Stanly County4
- Bertie County4
- Gates County4
- Anson County3
- Caswell County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Randolph County3
- Rockingham County3
- Hertford County3
- Beaufort County2
- Jones County2
- Washington County2
- Davidson County2
- Northampton County2
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Brunswick County1
- Craven County1
- New Hanover County1
- Onslow County1
- Pender County1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:20 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 41 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:56 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 44 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 59 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. Rebuilt daily.