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High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2012
12 high wind warnings in 2012. 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 in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- December6 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- October 28, 20122 high wind 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 4:14 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:15 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:26 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:18 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 59 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:35 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 56 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:21 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 10 more | 53 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:44 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 56 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:17 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 58 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:11 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:04 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:22 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:48 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County6
- Ashe County6
- Watauga County6
- Avery County4
- Buncombe County4
- Haywood County4
- Jackson County4
- Madison County4
- Mitchell County4
- Transylvania County4
- Yancey County4
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Henderson County3
- McDowell County3
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Macon County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Swain County2
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Graham County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.