Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2022
12 red flag warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- March12 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 26, 20225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:39 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:03 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:11 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 17 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 11 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:33 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 10 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:50 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Graham County3
- Haywood County3
- Jackson County3
- Mitchell County3
- Swain County3
- Yancey County3
- Avery County2
- Buncombe County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- Henderson County2
- McDowell County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Transylvania County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Halifax County2
- Nash County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Wilson County2
- Greene County2
- Martin County2
- Pitt County2
- Alexander County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
- Rutherford County1
- Union County1
- Bladen County1
45 more counties
- Robeson County1
- Alamance County1
- Anson County1
- Chatham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Forsyth County1
- Guilford County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Stanly County1
- Wake County1
- Wayne County1
- Beaufort County1
- Carteret County1
- Craven County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Onslow County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Ashe County1
- Watauga County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton 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.