Alert archive / North Carolina / Wake County

Weather alerts in Wake County, North Carolina, 2010

231 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Wake County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
231
Warnings
63
Watches
24
Advisories
55
Busiest month
July40 alerts
Busiest day
August 5, 201013 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Wake County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 3 minutes after it went out.

Wake County, 2010

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings110%2100%3 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings443227%3184%19 min
Flash flood warnings9633%1369%57 min

Each office's whole area, 2010

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings27967%21100%19 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings25918728%47687%22 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings734045%11283%86 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 23, 3:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchRAH40 hr
Jan 24, 9:35 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH10 hr
Jan 24, 11:33 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jan 24, 11:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 25, 1:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Jan 25, 3:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC110 min
Jan 25, 3:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jan 27, 3:57 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH36 hr
Jan 28, 4:14 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH52 hr
Jan 30, 8:47 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 30, 8:03 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH7 hr
Jan 31, 2:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH22 hr
Feb 1, 3:37 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Feb 4, 2:55 PM ESTFlood WatchRAH33 hr
Feb 5, 5:25 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Feb 5, 10:04 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Feb 5, 10:10 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Feb 9, 4:39 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchRAH10 hr
Feb 9, 2:25 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningRAH30 hr
Feb 12, 3:58 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Feb 12, 11:31 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH19 hr
Feb 13, 11:40 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH22 hr
Feb 23, 2:27 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH5 hr
Feb 23, 3:36 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH41 hr
Mar 2, 4:00 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH26 hr
Mar 2, 2:46 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH15 hr
Mar 11, 3:58 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH5 hr
Mar 22, 3:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 28, 7:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Mar 28, 10:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 29, 12:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Mar 29, 3:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Apr 8, 8:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 8, 10:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Apr 22, 1:57 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH7 hr
Apr 25, 2:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Apr 25, 6:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Apr 25, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningRAH28 min
May 3, 10:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 6, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
May 7, 3:35 AM EDTFire Weather WatchRAH12 hr
May 16, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
May 16, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
May 16, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
May 17, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH2 hr
May 17, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 19, 2:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH79 min
May 19, 3:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH112 min
May 19, 4:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
May 22, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH80 min
May 22, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
May 22, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 23, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
May 23, 8:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
May 23, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
May 23, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
May 23, 1:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
May 23, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
May 23, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
May 23, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH14 min
May 23, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
May 23, 6:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 23, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
May 28, 6:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 28, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
May 28, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
May 28, 10:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
May 28, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH60 min
Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH55 min
Jun 1, 4:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH41 min
Jun 2, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH48 min
Jun 2, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH59 min
Jun 2, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Jun 6, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Jun 12, 2:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 12, 4:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 14, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 15, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 16, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 16, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH51 min
Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 23, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH25 min
Jun 23, 3:30 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jun 26, 1:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Jun 28, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Jun 29, 4:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 29, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Jun 29, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH37 min
Jul 8, 1:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jul 8, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Jul 9, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH93 min
Jul 10, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH50 min
Jul 10, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH113 min
Jul 12, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 13, 4:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 13, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 13, 8:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 13, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH53 min
Jul 13, 10:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC33 min
Jul 13, 11:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 16, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH40 min
Jul 16, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
Jul 16, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH24 min
Jul 17, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Jul 17, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Jul 17, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jul 17, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jul 17, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH50 min
Jul 20, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Jul 20, 6:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 20, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Jul 20, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Jul 20, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH70 min
Jul 22, 3:08 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Jul 23, 11:18 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRAH9 hr
Jul 23, 2:50 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Jul 23, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Jul 24, 2:12 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRAH6 hr
Jul 24, 3:28 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Jul 25, 9:46 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRAH10 hr
Jul 25, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jul 27, 12:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 27, 12:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH2 hr
Jul 27, 2:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH8 hr
Jul 29, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Jul 29, 10:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH102 min
Jul 29, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH27 hr
Aug 4, 9:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Aug 5, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Aug 5, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Aug 5, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH38 min
Aug 5, 1:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 5, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Aug 5, 2:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH106 min
Aug 5, 2:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Aug 5, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 5, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 5, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Aug 5, 7:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH108 min
Aug 5, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH111 min
Aug 10, 3:11 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Aug 11, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH58 min
Aug 11, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH67 min
Aug 11, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH63 min
Aug 12, 1:29 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH92 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Aug 19, 10:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH18 hr
Aug 19, 9:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH111 min
Aug 19, 9:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH116 min
Aug 19, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Aug 20, 12:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH2 hr
Aug 22, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Aug 22, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Aug 23, 4:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH79 min
Aug 23, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH25 min
Aug 23, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH23 min
Aug 24, 4:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 24, 7:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH87 min
Aug 24, 9:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH86 min
Aug 24, 8:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 27, 3:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH19 hr
Sep 27, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH3 hr
Sep 28, 3:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 28, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH50 hr
Sep 30, 4:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 30, 5:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Sep 30, 8:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 30, 8:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Sep 30, 12:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Oct 21, 12:49 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH8 hr
Oct 25, 10:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Oct 25, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Oct 25, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Oct 25, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Oct 26, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH27 min
Oct 26, 4:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH25 min
Oct 27, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Oct 27, 4:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Oct 27, 7:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Oct 27, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 27, 10:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Oct 27, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Oct 28, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Oct 28, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Oct 29, 2:47 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Nov 5, 3:32 PM EDTFreeze WatchRAH12 hr
Nov 6, 3:22 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAH30 hr
Nov 16, 8:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 16, 11:27 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Nov 16, 11:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Nov 17, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH15 min
Nov 17, 12:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH42 min
Nov 17, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Nov 22, 4:07 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Dec 1, 12:48 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Dec 1, 1:02 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Dec 1, 2:13 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH42 min
Dec 1, 4:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 1, 4:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
Dec 4, 12:01 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH17 hr
Dec 4, 2:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH85 min
Dec 12, 4:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH88 min
Dec 13, 11:25 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRAH22 hr
Dec 15, 2:18 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH25 hr
Dec 16, 3:29 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Dec 18, 3:23 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Dec 18, 1:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH74 min
Dec 18, 3:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH104 min
Dec 24, 9:27 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH7 hr
Dec 25, 3:58 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH44 hr
Dec 25, 9:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH55 min
Dec 25, 11:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH97 min
Dec 25, 11:31 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 26, 3:38 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH20 hr
Dec 27, 2:34 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH21 hr

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.

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.