Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2017
2,556 special weather statements in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 2,556
- Busiest month
- July768 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- July 8, 201761 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.
- Dare County76
- Currituck County66
- Pasquotank County60
- Perquimans County57
- Sampson County56
- Wilkes County54
- Polk County53
- Hertford County53
- Gates County51
- Union County51
- Camden County51
- Chowan County51
- Onslow County50
- Mecklenburg County50
- Johnston County49
- Wake County48
- Stokes County47
- Transylvania County46
- Carteret County45
- Caswell County45
- Pitt County45
- Forsyth County44
- Wayne County44
- Rutherford County44
- Craven County43
- Cumberland County43
- Henderson County42
- Cabarrus County42
- Randolph County42
- Columbus County42
- Surry County42
- Bertie County42
- Harnett County41
- Tyrrell County41
- Burke County41
- Jones County40
- Franklin County40
- Warren County40
- Granville County40
- Caldwell County40
60 more counties
- McDowell County40
- Davidson County39
- Guilford County39
- Nash County38
- Wilson County38
- Northampton County38
- Bladen County37
- Duplin County37
- Stanly County37
- Pender County37
- Durham County36
- Montgomery County36
- Edgecombe County36
- Rockingham County36
- Richmond County36
- Lenoir County36
- Moore County35
- Martin County35
- Beaufort County35
- Lincoln County35
- Alexander County34
- Rowan County34
- Halifax County33
- Orange County33
- Ashe County33
- Yadkin County33
- Iredell County33
- Pamlico County32
- Hoke County32
- Robeson County32
- Alamance County31
- Person County31
- Macon County31
- Davie County31
- Catawba County31
- Cleveland County31
- Watauga County30
- Anson County30
- Gaston County30
- Chatham County29
- Brunswick County29
- New Hanover County29
- Vance County28
- Alleghany County28
- Avery County28
- Greene County28
- Lee County27
- Hyde County27
- Madison County27
- Washington County26
- Scotland County25
- Buncombe County25
- Swain County23
- Jackson County22
- Mitchell County22
- Graham County19
- Haywood County19
- Yancey County16
- Cherokee County15
- Clay County11
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.