Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016
2,682 special weather statements 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 2,682
- Busiest month
- July858 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- May 2, 201679 special weather statements
Over time
By month
The alerts
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By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County74
- Carteret County64
- Craven County59
- Mecklenburg County59
- Northampton County57
- Chowan County56
- Gates County56
- Hertford County56
- Onslow County55
- Hoke County54
- Currituck County53
- Pender County52
- Martin County52
- Perquimans County52
- Pasquotank County51
- Sampson County51
- Caswell County50
- Dare County49
- Bladen County49
- Robeson County49
- Wake County49
- Stokes County48
- Rockingham County48
- Bertie County48
- Camden County48
- Wilkes County48
- Pamlico County46
- Hyde County46
- Surry County46
- Harnett County46
- Duplin County46
- Columbus County45
- Cumberland County45
- Iredell County44
- Durham County43
- Pitt County43
- Yadkin County43
- Alamance County42
- Beaufort County42
- Cabarrus County42
60 more counties
- Polk County42
- New Hanover County40
- Caldwell County39
- Henderson County39
- Davie County38
- Brunswick County38
- McDowell County38
- Rutherford County38
- Avery County37
- Orange County37
- Davidson County37
- Tyrrell County36
- Catawba County36
- Jones County35
- Lincoln County35
- Alleghany County34
- Burke County34
- Gaston County34
- Montgomery County34
- Person County34
- Nash County34
- Rowan County33
- Randolph County33
- Richmond County33
- Edgecombe County33
- Wilson County33
- Wayne County33
- Ashe County33
- Moore County32
- Halifax County32
- Warren County32
- Cleveland County31
- Granville County31
- Johnston County31
- Franklin County31
- Lenoir County31
- Madison County31
- Guilford County30
- Lee County30
- Scotland County30
- Greene County30
- Watauga County30
- Chatham County29
- Transylvania County29
- Swain County28
- Washington County28
- Forsyth County28
- Stanly County27
- Anson County27
- Vance County25
- Buncombe County24
- Graham County23
- Alexander County23
- Macon County21
- Jackson County18
- Mitchell County18
- Haywood County18
- Cherokee County17
- Clay County13
- Yancey County12
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.