Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2019
21 high wind warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 21
- Busiest month
- January5 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20192 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 5, 6:54 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:07 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 41 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:57 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 40 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:39 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 37 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:32 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 37 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:45 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 38 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:55 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 45 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:08 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:33 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 9, 5:30 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:09 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 14 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:21 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 13 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:32 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:17 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:13 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 33 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:31 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 37 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:55 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 19 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:00 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 48 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:51 AM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 45 hr |
| Nov 27, 4:38 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County9
- Ashe County9
- Watauga County9
- Avery County6
- Mitchell County6
- Yancey County6
- McDowell County5
- Burke County4
- Caldwell County4
- Buncombe County2
- Carteret County2
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Henderson County1
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.