Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2016
7 red flag warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 7
- Busiest month
- April6 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:22 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 33 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cabarrus County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Gaston County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Rowan County2
- Union County2
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson County1
- Alamance County1
- Anson County1
- Chatham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Forsyth County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Guilford County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
50 more counties
- Scotland County1
- Stanly County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Yadkin 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
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Alexander County1
- Avery County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Jackson County1
- McDowell County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Mitchell County1
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Yancey 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.