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High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2025
11 high wind warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- February3 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20252 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 15, 2:39 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:44 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RAH | Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:00 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:43 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:30 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 16 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Jackson and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:34 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 25 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:10 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 9 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:43 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:20 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 43 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:22 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery | 43 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County4
- Ashe County4
- Watauga County4
- Currituck County2
- Buncombe County2
- Haywood County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Transylvania County2
- Yancey County2
- Avery County2
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Halifax County1
- Johnston County1
- Nash County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Mitchell County1
- Carteret County1
- Dare County1
- Hyde 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.