Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2020
2,397 special weather statements in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 2,397
- Busiest month
- July649 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- August 6, 202062 special weather statements
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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 County83
- Wilkes County74
- Sampson County68
- Wake County62
- Currituck County61
- Mecklenburg County61
- Cabarrus County60
- Camden County59
- Harnett County58
- Wilson County58
- Wayne County55
- Cleveland County54
- Perquimans County51
- Rowan County51
- Lincoln County51
- Surry County51
- Hoke County50
- Johnston County50
- Caswell County50
- Polk County50
- Iredell County48
- Chowan County47
- Franklin County47
- Pasquotank County47
- Alleghany County47
- Gates County46
- Hertford County45
- Catawba County44
- Chatham County43
- Burke County43
- Scotland County42
- Cumberland County42
- Lee County42
- Orange County42
- Robeson County42
- Rutherford County42
- Henderson County42
- Ashe County41
- Rockingham County41
- Stokes County41
60 more counties
- Moore County41
- Onslow County41
- Pender County41
- McDowell County41
- Anson County40
- Durham County40
- Bladen County40
- Richmond County39
- Northampton County39
- Vance County39
- Columbus County39
- Caldwell County39
- Davie County39
- Bertie County38
- Halifax County38
- Davidson County38
- Gaston County38
- Yadkin County37
- Montgomery County37
- Madison County37
- Randolph County36
- Alexander County36
- Forsyth County36
- Guilford County35
- Brunswick County35
- Granville County34
- Nash County34
- Transylvania County34
- Warren County31
- Watauga County30
- Edgecombe County30
- Stanly County30
- Alamance County30
- Craven County29
- Person County28
- New Hanover County27
- Yancey County26
- Haywood County26
- Jackson County26
- Buncombe County25
- Macon County25
- Duplin County25
- Avery County25
- Pamlico County23
- Martin County22
- Lenoir County22
- Washington County21
- Jones County21
- Graham County21
- Clay County20
- Cherokee County20
- Dare County19
- Hyde County19
- Mitchell County18
- Beaufort County17
- Tyrrell County17
- Pitt County16
- Carteret County15
- Swain County15
- Greene 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.