Alert archive / North Carolina / Wake County

Weather alerts in Wake County, North Carolina, 2016

240 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
240
Warnings
91
Watches
17
Advisories
44
Busiest month
July60 alerts
Busiest day
February 24, 201615 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Wake County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.

Wake County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings694830%7294%20 min
Flash flood warnings8625%25100%144 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings25388%1392%28 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings30022326%54287%23 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings663941%11388%153 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 12, 11:28 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH7 hr
Jan 20, 10:25 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH12 hr
Jan 20, 3:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH13 hr
Jan 20, 6:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Jan 21, 4:52 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH61 hr
Jan 21, 4:52 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH3 days
Jan 22, 11:47 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 3, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Feb 3, 3:41 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Feb 8, 5:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH88 min
Feb 11, 3:37 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH24 hr
Feb 13, 3:42 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH24 hr
Feb 14, 3:53 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH32 hr
Feb 15, 5:02 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 15, 2:11 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 15, 11:34 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Feb 16, 5:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH51 min
Feb 16, 6:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH27 min
Feb 21, 5:34 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Feb 23, 3:59 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH46 hr
Feb 24, 10:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Feb 24, 11:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 24, 1:18 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Feb 24, 2:55 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Feb 24, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningRAH40 min
Feb 24, 4:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH69 min
Feb 24, 4:40 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH50 min
Feb 24, 4:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Feb 24, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningRAH23 min
Feb 24, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Feb 24, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningRAH49 min
Feb 24, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Feb 24, 6:15 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH45 min
Feb 24, 6:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 24, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Mar 13, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH50 min
Mar 13, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Mar 13, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH51 min
Mar 13, 8:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Mar 13, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH53 min
Mar 13, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
Mar 14, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 14, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
Mar 14, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Mar 14, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Mar 14, 6:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 14, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Mar 14, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Mar 14, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Mar 14, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Mar 14, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Mar 14, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Mar 14, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Mar 14, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Mar 21, 3:07 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Apr 4, 2:49 AM EDTFreeze WatchRAH24 hr
Apr 5, 2:49 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAH30 hr
Apr 7, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH41 min
Apr 8, 4:24 AM EDTFreeze WatchRAH24 hr
Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDTRed Flag WarningRAH28 hr
Apr 9, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH79 min
Apr 9, 1:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH78 min
Apr 9, 4:12 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAH29 hr
Apr 9, 4:12 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH15 hr
Apr 22, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Apr 28, 1:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 28, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH24 min
Apr 28, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH51 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
Apr 28, 7:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Apr 28, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
Apr 28, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH48 min
Apr 28, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH36 min
May 2, 2:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
May 2, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
May 2, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH42 min
May 2, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
May 3, 1:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 3, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 3, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
May 3, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
May 3, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
May 3, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
May 5, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
May 5, 11:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
May 5, 11:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 6, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH71 min
May 11, 2:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 21, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
May 29, 1:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 29, 4:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 3, 3:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 3, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jun 4, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 5, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH38 min
Jun 5, 1:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 5, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 5, 7:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 15, 1:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH77 min
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 22, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH36 min
Jun 23, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH56 min
Jun 23, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jun 23, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jun 23, 3:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
Jun 23, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 23, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jun 23, 8:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jun 23, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Jun 23, 9:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH22 min
Jun 23, 10:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jun 29, 4:01 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 29, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Jun 29, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH36 min
Jun 29, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
Jun 29, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
Jun 30, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH36 min
Jun 30, 10:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 2, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Jul 2, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Jul 3, 4:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH113 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 4, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH66 min
Jul 5, 2:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 5, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH63 min
Jul 5, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH59 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jul 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH56 min
Jul 7, 7:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 8, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH70 min
Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH72 min
Jul 8, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH63 min
Jul 11, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 12, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH63 min
Jul 12, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH29 min
Jul 15, 1:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 15, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH54 min
Jul 15, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH67 min
Jul 15, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH55 min
Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 15, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH62 min
Jul 15, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jul 15, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH31 min
Jul 16, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Jul 16, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Jul 16, 9:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAH3 hr
Jul 17, 12:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH9 hr
Jul 17, 9:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Jul 19, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Jul 19, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH54 min
Jul 19, 11:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 23, 3:31 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 24, 8:18 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH24 hr
Jul 25, 3:35 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 26, 3:55 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 26, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH40 min
Jul 26, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Jul 26, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH45 min
Jul 26, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Jul 26, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jul 26, 10:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH114 min
Jul 27, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 27, 3:42 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Jul 31, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH74 min
Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH36 min
Aug 2, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Aug 2, 5:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH52 min
Aug 4, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH37 min
Aug 7, 1:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Aug 8, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH65 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Aug 8, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH114 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH40 min
Aug 9, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH28 hr
Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH50 min
Aug 17, 1:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 17, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH30 min
Aug 19, 3:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Aug 26, 12:02 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH7 hr
Aug 27, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH33 min
Aug 27, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH35 min
Aug 27, 3:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 1, 12:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH39 hr
Sep 1, 2:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Sep 1, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH44 min
Sep 2, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Sep 18, 5:21 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Sep 19, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH76 min
Sep 19, 11:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH113 min
Sep 28, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Sep 28, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 28, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Sep 28, 4:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 28, 7:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Sep 28, 9:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 28, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Sep 30, 9:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Sep 30, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Sep 30, 11:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 30, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH34 min
Oct 1, 6:29 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Oct 6, 9:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAH53 hr
Oct 7, 3:05 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH51 hr
Oct 8, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH6 hr
Oct 8, 1:09 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAH6 hr
Oct 8, 6:55 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAH7 hr
Oct 9, 1:50 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH12 hr
Oct 9, 1:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH9 hr
Oct 9, 10:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH24 hr
Oct 10, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH4 days
Nov 7, 2:01 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Nov 11, 3:40 PM ESTFreeze WatchRAH22 hr
Nov 12, 1:55 PM ESTFreeze WarningRAH19 hr
Dec 16, 1:38 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Dec 17, 1:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH77 min
Dec 18, 2:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH51 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.