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Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2012
13 red flag warnings in 2012. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- April10 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 9, 20124 red flag 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 25, 3:31 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:06 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 25 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:03 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 12 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, Iredell and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender, Robeson | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stokes County4
- Surry County4
- Wilkes County4
- Yadkin County4
- Alexander County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Catawba County3
- Davie County3
- Iredell County3
- McDowell County3
- Rowan County3
- Caswell County3
- Rockingham County3
- Alamance County3
- Chatham County3
- Davidson County3
- Durham County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Forsyth County3
- Franklin County3
- Granville County3
- Guilford County3
- Halifax County3
- Nash County3
- Orange County3
- Person County3
- Randolph County3
- Vance County3
- Wake County3
- Warren County3
- Wilson County3
- Avery County2
- Buncombe County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Cleveland County2
- Gaston County2
- Henderson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Madison County2
52 more counties
- Mecklenburg County2
- Mitchell County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Union County2
- Yancey County2
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Anson County2
- Harnett County2
- Johnston County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Richmond County2
- Stanly County2
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Beaufort County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hoke County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Wayne County1
- Bladen County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson 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.