Alert archive / North Carolina
River Flood Warnings in North Carolina
1,526 river flood warnings since 1986. 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 1,526
- Busiest year
- 2020219 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 80over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Johnston County169
- Bladen County130
- Pitt County126
- Lenoir County99
- Henderson County97
- Robeson County95
- Chatham County86
- Transylvania County80
- Cumberland County76
- Jones County72
- Edgecombe County60
- Halifax County59
- Buncombe County49
- Greene County48
- Caswell County46
- Northampton County40
- Anson County36
- Stanly County36
- Craven County34
- Duplin County33
- Davie County32
- Rockingham County32
- Davidson County31
- Madison County31
- Pender County30
- Alamance County29
- Gaston County28
- Wayne County27
- Bertie County26
- Martin County24
- Lee County23
- Swain County23
- Nash County21
- Franklin County16
- Cleveland County15
- Onslow County14
- Haywood County14
- Surry County13
- Yadkin County13
- Harnett County13
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 18 hr |
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.