Alert archive / North Carolina / Surry County
Weather alerts in Surry County, North Carolina, 2014
107 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Surry County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 107
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest month
- June19 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 17, 20145 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Surry County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 12 | 14% | 12 | 83% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 187 | 129 | 31% | 370 | 74% | 20 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 23 | 10 | 57% | 26 | 69% | 57 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:54 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 66 hr |
| Jan 11, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 10:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 44 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:25 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 13 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 25 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 59 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:13 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 20 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:04 PM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | RNK | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:30 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:40 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | 31 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 13 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:53 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:12 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 34 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:00 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:02 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | 42 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 42 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:01 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 29 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 56 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 14, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 48 hr |
| May 15, 7:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 40 min |
| May 15, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 44 min |
| May 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 53 min |
| May 15, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
| May 22, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 59 min |
| May 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| May 27, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 19 min |
| May 30, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 11:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 12:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 24, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 11 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 44 min |
| Oct 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 56 min |
| Oct 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Oct 14, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Oct 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Oct 14, 9:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Oct 14, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 60 min |
| Oct 15, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 59 min |
| Nov 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 16 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:56 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 8 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:41 AM EST | Freeze Warning | RNK | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
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.