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High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2017
10 high wind warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- February3 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- February 12, 20172 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 8, 3:29 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:27 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:31 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 7 more | 43 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:39 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 48 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:59 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 14 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:34 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:28 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:31 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County4
- Ashe County4
- Watauga County4
- Avery County3
- Henderson County3
- Mitchell County3
- Polk County3
- Rutherford County3
- Yancey County3
- Buncombe County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- McDowell County2
- Currituck County2
- Haywood County2
- Madison County2
- Transylvania County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Cleveland County1
- Graham County1
- Swain 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.