Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2025
24 red flag warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 24
- Busiest month
- March18 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 20257 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 28, 8:50 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 23 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:38 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:01 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:18 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:24 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 16 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:07 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:12 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:23 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:23 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:53 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 10 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:28 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:14 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:32 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:21 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 18 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:54 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County5
- Clay County5
- Buncombe County5
- Henderson County5
- McDowell County5
- Polk County5
- Rutherford County5
- Transylvania County5
- Caswell County4
- Rockingham County4
- Stokes County4
- Alamance County4
- Durham County4
- Forsyth County4
- Granville County4
- Guilford County4
- Orange County4
- Person County4
- Wake County4
- Burke County4
- Jackson County4
- Macon County4
- Surry County3
- Wilkes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Anson County3
- Chatham County3
- Cumberland County3
- Davidson County3
- Franklin County3
- Harnett County3
- Hoke County3
- Lee County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Randolph County3
- Richmond County3
- Scotland County3
- Stanly County3
- Vance County3
45 more counties
- Warren County3
- Caldwell County3
- Catawba County3
- Cleveland County3
- Gaston County3
- Graham County3
- Haywood County3
- Lincoln County3
- Madison County3
- Swain County3
- Bladen County2
- Brunswick County2
- Columbus County2
- New Hanover County2
- Pender County2
- Robeson County2
- Greene County2
- Martin County2
- Pitt County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Halifax County2
- Nash County2
- Wilson County2
- Bertie County2
- Hertford County2
- Northampton County2
- Alexander County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Davie County2
- Iredell County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Mitchell County2
- Rowan County2
- Union County2
- Yancey County2
- Alleghany County1
- Ashe County1
- Watauga County1
- Duplin County1
- Lenoir County1
- Johnston County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Avery County1
- Gates 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.