Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2023
10 high wind warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- March4 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20233 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 27, 10:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 22 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:06 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 22 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:52 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:57 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 40 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:05 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 8 more | 40 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:00 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 44 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:15 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 29 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:36 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 25 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County4
- Mitchell County4
- Yancey County4
- Alleghany County4
- Ashe County4
- Watauga County4
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- McDowell County3
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Buncombe County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Carteret County1
- Dare County1
- Hyde County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Wayne 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.