Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2021
1,979 special weather statements in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 1,979
- Busiest month
- August539 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- August 10, 202155 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 County58
- Gaston County54
- Cabarrus County53
- Rowan County49
- Iredell County47
- Cleveland County46
- Stokes County45
- Forsyth County45
- Lincoln County44
- Union County44
- Wayne County44
- Cumberland County43
- Davie County43
- Caswell County43
- Currituck County42
- Guilford County42
- Montgomery County42
- Wake County41
- Harnett County41
- Surry County41
- Rockingham County41
- Yadkin County40
- Johnston County39
- Sampson County39
- Wilkes County39
- Warren County38
- Vance County37
- Moore County37
- Alexander County37
- Catawba County36
- Franklin County36
- Randolph County36
- Wilson County35
- Burke County35
- Polk County34
- Northampton County34
- Hoke County34
- Camden County34
- Davidson County34
- Chatham County33
60 more counties
- Bladen County33
- Stanly County33
- Halifax County32
- Caldwell County32
- Granville County31
- Gates County31
- Lee County31
- Nash County30
- Scotland County30
- Edgecombe County30
- Alamance County29
- McDowell County29
- Rutherford County28
- Orange County28
- Columbus County28
- Pasquotank County28
- Alleghany County28
- Richmond County28
- Bertie County28
- Pender County27
- Durham County26
- Transylvania County26
- Anson County26
- Graham County25
- Duplin County25
- Chowan County25
- Buncombe County25
- Person County24
- Onslow County23
- Lenoir County23
- Pitt County23
- Madison County23
- Hertford County23
- Henderson County23
- Brunswick County22
- Perquimans County22
- Cherokee County21
- Jackson County21
- Ashe County21
- Swain County20
- Haywood County19
- Greene County19
- Macon County19
- Robeson County19
- Yancey County18
- Avery County17
- Washington County17
- Tyrrell County17
- Jones County16
- New Hanover County16
- Martin County16
- Dare County16
- Clay County16
- Watauga County16
- Craven County15
- Carteret County14
- Beaufort County13
- Mitchell County11
- Pamlico County10
- Hyde County10
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.