Alert archive / North Carolina / Northampton County

Weather alerts in Northampton County, North Carolina, 2021

121 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Northampton County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
121
Warnings
28
Watches
14
Advisories
19
Busiest month
August26 alerts
Busiest day
April 9, 20216 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Northampton County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them.

Northampton County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings3167%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings141029%8100%22 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings39879%1362%15 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings23917029%32191%21 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings634922%11499%66 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 10:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH7 days
Jan 15, 8:30 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH14 hr
Jan 27, 3:29 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ31 hr
Jan 30, 4:34 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ38 hr
Feb 2, 7:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ2 hr
Feb 11, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ3 days
Feb 13, 2:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 15, 8:02 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH21 days
Feb 15, 8:02 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH19 days
Feb 17, 3:10 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQ45 hr
Feb 17, 3:14 PM ESTFlood WatchAKQ45 hr
Feb 18, 10:23 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 22, 1:24 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 22, 1:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ62 min
Feb 22, 1:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ48 min
Feb 22, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ66 min
Mar 2, 2:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAH31 hr
Mar 18, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQ27 min
Mar 18, 5:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Mar 18, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ30 min
Mar 18, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ31 min
Mar 25, 3:53 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ6 hr
Mar 28, 7:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Mar 31, 3:33 PM EDTFreeze WatchAKQ12 hr
Mar 31, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ55 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ45 min
Apr 1, 3:29 AM EDTFreeze WarningAKQ30 hr
Apr 2, 9:52 AM EDTFreeze WarningAKQ23 hr
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ48 min
Apr 9, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Apr 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ46 min
Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ42 min
Apr 9, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ51 min
Apr 14, 4:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 14, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ41 min
Apr 14, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ35 min
Apr 14, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ51 min
Apr 14, 8:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Apr 14, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ46 min
Apr 19, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Apr 22, 12:04 PM EDTFreeze WarningAKQ20 hr
Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDTFire Weather WatchAKQ16 hr
Apr 30, 3:34 AM EDTRed Flag WarningAKQ16 hr
May 3, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ40 min
May 3, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
May 4, 1:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 10, 12:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ40 min
May 29, 12:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 3, 3:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ30 hr
Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ5 hr
Jun 9, 1:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ33 hr
Jun 11, 8:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jun 22, 12:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 25, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ50 min
Jul 2, 7:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ32 min
Jul 2, 8:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ30 min
Jul 7, 3:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ36 hr
Jul 8, 12:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQ35 min
Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQ4 hr
Jul 9, 2:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 9, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ48 min
Jul 18, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ65 min
Jul 18, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ51 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 26, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Jul 26, 7:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 26, 9:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Jul 28, 12:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ29 min
Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 1, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ47 min
Aug 1, 10:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Aug 1, 10:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ31 hr
Aug 7, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ64 min
Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ39 min
Aug 7, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ55 min
Aug 7, 1:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Aug 7, 1:27 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQ48 min
Aug 7, 1:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 11, 3:55 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQ63 hr
Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQ14 hr
Aug 14, 1:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 15, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ45 min
Aug 15, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Aug 16, 3:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ2 hr
Aug 16, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ55 min
Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQ31 hr
Aug 28, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ49 min
Aug 28, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ32 min
Aug 28, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Aug 28, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ39 min
Aug 29, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ50 min
Aug 29, 2:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ22 min
Aug 29, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ46 min
Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQ43 min
Sep 1, 11:46 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Sep 8, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Sep 8, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ25 min
Sep 22, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQ116 min
Oct 14, 4:55 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ4 hr
Oct 22, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Oct 25, 3:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Oct 25, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ27 min
Nov 4, 3:19 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryAKQ30 hr
Nov 13, 3:17 AM ESTFreeze WarningAKQ30 hr
Dec 11, 8:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ42 min
Dec 11, 8:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQ56 min
Dec 18, 3:29 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQ6 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.