Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2018
12 high wind warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- March5 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 20184 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 3, 4:00 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:52 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:10 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 40 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:34 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 39 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:52 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:50 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 13 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 32 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:11 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 30 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:10 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | 20 hr | |
| Dec 21, 4:03 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 26 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
- Avery County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Currituck County2
- Gates County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Jackson County1
- McDowell County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Dare County1
- Hyde County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Alamance County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Forsyth County1
- Franklin 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.