Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2018
3,167 special weather statements in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 3,167
- Busiest month
- August678 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- July 22, 201893 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.
- Mecklenburg County95
- Union County86
- Cabarrus County77
- Wake County71
- Rowan County67
- Cumberland County66
- Perquimans County65
- Camden County64
- Durham County62
- Harnett County62
- Chatham County61
- Catawba County61
- Polk County60
- Gates County60
- Hoke County60
- Wilson County60
- Halifax County59
- Pasquotank County59
- Burke County59
- Sampson County58
- Person County57
- Johnston County57
- Wayne County57
- Currituck County57
- Forsyth County57
- Guilford County56
- Chowan County56
- Caswell County55
- Lincoln County55
- Alamance County55
- Bertie County55
- Hertford County55
- Northampton County54
- Lee County54
- Randolph County53
- Rutherford County53
- Granville County53
- Gaston County53
- Edgecombe County53
- Stokes County53
60 more counties
- Wilkes County52
- Montgomery County51
- Cleveland County51
- Transylvania County51
- Iredell County49
- Scotland County49
- Surry County49
- Davidson County48
- Richmond County48
- Nash County48
- Craven County46
- McDowell County46
- Lenoir County45
- Pender County45
- Rockingham County45
- Moore County45
- Vance County45
- Bladen County45
- Henderson County45
- Yadkin County45
- New Hanover County44
- Orange County43
- Dare County43
- Caldwell County43
- Pitt County42
- Franklin County42
- Alexander County42
- Martin County41
- Warren County41
- Carteret County41
- Onslow County40
- Robeson County40
- Stanly County39
- Anson County39
- Davie County39
- Columbus County35
- Beaufort County34
- Greene County34
- Jones County34
- Pamlico County34
- Washington County34
- Graham County34
- Duplin County32
- Brunswick County32
- Buncombe County32
- Alleghany County32
- Swain County31
- Jackson County31
- Avery County31
- Madison County29
- Haywood County29
- Watauga County27
- Tyrrell County26
- Macon County26
- Ashe County26
- Hyde County25
- Yancey County24
- Cherokee County23
- Mitchell County20
- Clay County19
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.