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High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2020
13 high wind warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- December4 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20202 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 4, 3:42 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:02 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 30 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:07 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 24 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:54 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:59 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:18 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 18 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:08 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 35 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:29 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:21 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:15 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 22 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:45 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:26 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 48 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:44 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 6 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 County3
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
- Dare County3
- Hyde County3
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- McDowell County2
- Camden County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Carteret County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Perquimans County1
- Alamance County1
- Chatham County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren 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.