Alert archive / North Carolina / Wake County

Weather alerts in Wake County, North Carolina, 2013

184 weather alerts in 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 184
Warnings: 38
Watches: 13
Advisories: 51
Busiest month: June56 alerts
Busiest day: June 7, 201310 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 2013 had a tornado report inside them.

Wake County, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	1	0%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	25	19	24%	63	94%	34 min
Flash flood warnings	9	7	22%	27	96%	63 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings	11	4	64%	6	83%	10 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings	137	103	25%	372	90%	24 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings	48	32	33%	119	97%	62 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 11, 2:12 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	21 hr
Jan 12, 9:08 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	14 hr
Jan 16, 3:44 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RAH	12 hr
Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RAH	22 hr
Jan 18, 3:43 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	17 hr
Jan 24, 3:05 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	44 hr
Jan 25, 12:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 25, 1:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	42 min
Jan 25, 2:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	78 min
Jan 27, 3:07 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	RAH	18 hr
Jan 29, 9:55 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RAH	30 hr
Jan 30, 7:56 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jan 30, 8:21 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 30, 10:42 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jan 30, 11:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Jan 30, 11:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	69 min
Feb 15, 3:51 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	30 hr
Feb 16, 10:05 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	12 hr
Feb 21, 3:36 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	18 hr
Feb 26, 6:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	46 min
Mar 5, 3:41 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RAH	27 hr
Apr 2, 3:28 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	17 hr
Apr 3, 4:10 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	11 hr
Apr 3, 3:01 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	6 hr
Apr 12, 1:58 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 12, 2:57 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 12, 6:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	42 min
Apr 12, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Apr 12, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	25 min
Apr 19, 12:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 19, 4:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	61 min
Apr 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	15 min
Apr 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 6, 2:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	81 min
May 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	111 min
May 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
May 6, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	38 min
May 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	83 min
May 7, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	62 min
May 8, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	53 min
May 9, 1:23 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	7 hr
May 11, 7:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
May 20, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
May 21, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	64 min
May 23, 2:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	63 min
May 23, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	63 min
Jun 3, 2:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 3, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	39 min
Jun 6, 4:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	38 hr
Jun 6, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	49 min
Jun 7, 3:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	5 hr
Jun 7, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	111 min
Jun 7, 8:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	103 min
Jun 7, 9:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 7, 1:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 7, 1:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	2 hr
Jun 7, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Jun 7, 3:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	3 hr
Jun 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	59 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	89 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	62 min
Jun 10, 3:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	17 hr
Jun 10, 11:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 10, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	56 min
Jun 10, 1:18 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	47 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 10, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	44 min
Jun 10, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Jun 13, 1:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr
Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Jun 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	57 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	66 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	94 min
Jun 18, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	50 min
Jun 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	31 min
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 25, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	51 min
Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 25, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	64 min
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 26, 6:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	82 min
Jun 26, 7:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	56 min
Jun 27, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 28, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	52 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 28, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	58 min
Jun 28, 10:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 29, 12:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	3 days
Jul 1, 6:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jul 2, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Jul 2, 11:33 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	62 min
Jul 8, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	46 min
Jul 9, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	42 min
Jul 11, 10:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	34 hr
Jul 12, 3:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	41 min
Jul 16, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	98 min
Jul 17, 2:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jul 21, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	47 min
Jul 24, 1:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	48 min
Jul 24, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	44 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	44 min
Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	60 min
Jul 29, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	50 min
Aug 1, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Aug 2, 12:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	26 min
Aug 2, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	59 min
Aug 2, 2:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 3, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	40 min
Aug 3, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	61 min
Aug 3, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	94 min
Aug 3, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	48 min
Aug 3, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	51 min
Aug 10, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	52 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	45 min
Aug 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	88 min
Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	50 min
Aug 11, 3:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Aug 13, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	84 min
Aug 13, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	59 min
Aug 20, 2:33 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	6 hr
Aug 21, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	63 min
Aug 21, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	78 min
Aug 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	61 min
Aug 22, 2:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 23, 1:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	49 min
Sep 1, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	64 min
Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	48 min
Sep 1, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Sep 1, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	3 hr
Sep 1, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	59 min
Sep 1, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	39 min
Sep 1, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	63 min
Sep 1, 7:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Sep 1, 9:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	6 hr
Sep 3, 11:12 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 3, 11:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	48 min
Sep 12, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	33 min
Sep 16, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	45 min
Sep 21, 7:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 21, 11:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	93 min
Sep 22, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	56 min
Sep 22, 1:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Oct 6, 6:22 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	4 hr
Oct 7, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Oct 7, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	56 min
Oct 23, 3:52 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	29 hr
Oct 24, 2:57 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	13 hr
Oct 25, 3:27 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	30 hr
Nov 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	38 min
Nov 2, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	96 min
Nov 17, 5:59 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	5 hr
Nov 18, 5:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	84 min
Dec 5, 12:39 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	8 hr
Dec 17, 8:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Dec 17, 10:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	45 min
Dec 23, 12:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	64 min
Dec 26, 5:22 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	5 hr
Dec 29, 11:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	113 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	25
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	30
Special Weather Statement	52
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	9
Flash Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	32
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2012 2014

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.