Alert archive / North Carolina
Tropical Storm Warnings in North Carolina
99 tropical storm warnings since 1986. 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 tropical storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Tropical Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Warnings
- 99
- Busiest year
- 201612 tropical storm warnings
- Average year
- 6over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dare County30
- Hyde County30
- Pamlico County27
- Beaufort County26
- New Hanover County25
- Pender County25
- Brunswick County24
- Currituck County22
- Tyrrell County20
- Washington County17
- Camden County14
- Pasquotank County14
- Perquimans County14
- Bertie County14
- Chowan County13
- Jones County12
- Carteret County11
- Columbus County10
- Duplin County10
- Onslow County10
- Bladen County9
- Greene County9
- Lenoir County9
- Martin County9
- Pitt County9
- Gates County7
- Hertford County7
- Robeson County7
- Sampson County7
- Cumberland County6
- Edgecombe County6
- Hoke County6
- Nash County6
- Wayne County6
- Wilson County6
- Craven County6
- Northampton County5
- Franklin County5
- Harnett County5
- Johnston County5
60 more counties
- Scotland County5
- Wake County5
- Catawba County4
- Gaston County4
- Halifax County4
- Lincoln County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Anson County3
- Avery County3
- Buncombe County3
- Burke County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Caldwell County3
- Chatham County3
- Cleveland County3
- Davidson County3
- Davie County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Haywood County3
- Henderson County3
- Iredell County3
- Jackson County3
- Lee County3
- McDowell County3
- Mitchell County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Polk County3
- Richmond County3
- Rowan County3
- Rutherford County3
- Stanly County3
- Transylvania County3
- Union County3
- Yancey County3
- Alamance County2
- Alexander County2
- Durham County2
- Orange County2
- Randolph County2
- Warren County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Graham County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Swain County2
- Granville County1
- Person County1
- Vance County1
- Alleghany County1
- Ashe County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Watauga County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
The latest tropical storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 5:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 42 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:09 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 60 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 27 hr |
Nearby
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.