Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2016
13 high wind warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- November4 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:52 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | 39 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:52 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Graham and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 21 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:50 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 17 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:13 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 25 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:51 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 35 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:41 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 24 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:41 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 39 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:45 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 28 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:05 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:28 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County4
- Watauga County4
- Alleghany County3
- Graham County2
- Haywood County2
- Swain County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Avery County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- McDowell County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Cabarrus County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Iredell County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Macon County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Rowan County1
- Transylvania County1
- Union County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Buncombe County1
- Henderson County1
- Rutherford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hoke County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Wayne County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan 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. Rebuilt daily.