Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2024
14 high wind warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 14
- Busiest month
- January6 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20246 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 8, 3:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:45 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 39 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:57 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:10 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 33 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:26 PM EST | High Wind Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:29 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:24 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 32 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:46 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:33 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 32 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:09 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Nov 14, 1:45 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 28 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:07 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 38 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:41 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County5
- Ashe County5
- Watauga County5
- Avery County4
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Beaufort County1
- Carteret County1
- Craven County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Madison County1
- Swain County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Brunswick County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- McDowell 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.