Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2026
1 red flag warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 1
- Busiest month
- March1 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20261 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 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County1
- Avery County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Iredell County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Mitchell County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
- Rutherford County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Union County1
- Yancey County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.