Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in North Carolina, 2008
11 high wind watches in 2008. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- May3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20083 high wind watches
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 28, 2:31 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:51 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:52 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:21 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 13 hr |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 13 hr |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 25 hr |
| May 10, 3:57 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:18 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:15 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:17 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:34 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 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
- Avery County4
- Mitchell County4
- Yancey County4
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- McDowell County3
- Buncombe County2
- Henderson County2
- Rutherford County2
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Cumberland County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Johnston County1
- Nash County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Dare County1
- Hyde County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell 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.