Alert archive / North Carolina / Wake County

Weather alerts in Wake County, North Carolina, 2023

205 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 205
Warnings: 65
Watches: 21
Advisories: 53
Busiest month: July54 alerts
Busiest day: August 15, 202319 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 4 tornado warnings covering Wake County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 14 minutes after it went out.

Wake County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	4	1	75%	1	100%	14 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	43	34	21%	43	77%	21 min
Flash flood warnings	8	7	13%	24	83%	44 min

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings	14	2	86%	3	100%	11 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings	221	179	19%	513	86%	23 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings	49	25	49%	90	78%	44 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 1, 10:18 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	12 hr
Jan 4, 1:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	21 min
Jan 4, 1:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	47 min
Jan 5, 6:19 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	4 hr
Jan 9, 5:03 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jan 12, 5:54 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jan 12, 8:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	45 min
Jan 12, 9:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	49 min
Jan 31, 2:29 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	8 hr
Feb 5, 7:15 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	9 hr
Mar 12, 3:12 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	12 hr
Mar 13, 3:21 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	25 hr
Mar 13, 3:21 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	30 hr
Mar 14, 3:55 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	30 hr
Mar 14, 2:59 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	12 hr
Mar 15, 3:22 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	30 hr
Mar 18, 3:30 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	11 hr
Mar 18, 3:30 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	30 hr
Mar 18, 2:48 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	43 hr
Mar 19, 3:30 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	30 hr
Mar 20, 9:27 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	24 hr
Mar 31, 12:00 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RAH	36 hr
Apr 7, 6:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Apr 7, 7:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	3 hr
Apr 7, 7:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Apr 7, 10:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	5 hr
Apr 9, 2:37 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	18 hr
Apr 10, 9:35 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	23 hr
Apr 14, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Apr 14, 1:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 14, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	54 min
Apr 14, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	65 min
Apr 14, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	57 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	38 min
Apr 15, 12:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Apr 22, 9:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Apr 22, 10:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Apr 22, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	38 min
Apr 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Apr 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Apr 22, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	63 min
Apr 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 28, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	40 min
Apr 30, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Apr 30, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	45 min
Apr 30, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	40 min
May 9, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
May 9, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 16, 2:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 16, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 16, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	54 min
May 16, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	41 min
May 16, 11:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
May 16, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	47 min
Jun 12, 1:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 16, 3:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 16, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	31 min
Jun 16, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	43 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	60 min
Jun 20, 10:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Jun 20, 10:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Jun 22, 2:53 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	27 hr
Jun 22, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	33 min
Jun 22, 8:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Jun 23, 2:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Jun 23, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	57 min
Jun 26, 12:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 26, 9:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 26, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	63 min
Jun 26, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	39 min
Jun 26, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	55 min
Jun 26, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	45 min
Jun 26, 10:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Jun 26, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 30, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	38 min
Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	29 hr
Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	50 min
Jul 1, 5:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Jul 1, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	40 min
Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	29 hr
Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jul 3, 1:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 5, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	50 min
Jul 5, 3:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	113 min
Jul 5, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	65 min
Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	30 min
Jul 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	83 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	34 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	24 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	27 min
Jul 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	32 min
Jul 7, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	40 min
Jul 7, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	34 min
Jul 7, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	116 min
Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	45 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	24 min
Jul 8, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	66 min
Jul 9, 11:23 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 9, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 9, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	44 min
Jul 9, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	48 min
Jul 9, 1:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	35 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jul 14, 3:16 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	21 hr
Jul 14, 4:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	86 min
Jul 14, 5:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	25 min
Jul 14, 5:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	105 min
Jul 14, 8:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	112 min
Jul 14, 1:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	53 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	46 min
Jul 14, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	53 min
Jul 19, 9:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	45 min
Jul 19, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	51 min
Jul 24, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	46 min
Jul 24, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	37 min
Jul 24, 1:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	38 min
Jul 24, 1:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	79 min
Jul 24, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	57 min
Jul 27, 3:04 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	53 hr
Jul 31, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	58 min
Jul 31, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	34 min
Jul 31, 7:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Aug 5, 3:57 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	5 hr
Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	27 hr
Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 7, 5:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Aug 7, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	56 min
Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	67 min
Aug 7, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	29 hr
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	27 hr
Aug 14, 1:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	47 min
Aug 14, 3:31 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	26 hr
Aug 15, 3:22 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	RAH	16 hr
Aug 15, 1:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 15, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 15, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	84 min
Aug 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	52 min
Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	47 min
Aug 15, 3:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Aug 15, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	44 min
Aug 15, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	RAH	38 min
Aug 15, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Aug 15, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	39 min
Aug 15, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	27 min
Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Aug 15, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	46 min
Aug 15, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	44 min
Aug 15, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Aug 15, 5:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	2 hr
Aug 15, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	49 min
Aug 15, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	35 min
Aug 27, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Aug 29, 2:26 PM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	43 hr
Aug 30, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Sep 8, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	38 min
Sep 8, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	39 min
Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	44 min
Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	50 min
Sep 8, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	45 min
Sep 9, 8:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	57 min
Sep 9, 9:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Sep 9, 10:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	2 hr
Sep 9, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	33 min
Sep 9, 1:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	4 hr
Sep 12, 3:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 22, 3:40 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	39 hr
Sep 23, 11:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	5 hr
Oct 7, 2:32 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	5 hr
Oct 13, 12:28 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	11 hr
Oct 20, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	59 min
Oct 20, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	39 min
Oct 20, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	62 min
Oct 23, 2:22 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	19 hr
Oct 31, 4:11 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RAH	24 hr
Oct 31, 3:04 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RAH	19 hr
Nov 1, 3:53 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RAH	29 hr
Nov 22, 1:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	53 min
Dec 10, 12:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	60 min
Dec 10, 12:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	31 min
Dec 10, 12:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	RAH	24 min
Dec 10, 12:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Dec 10, 12:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	32 min
Dec 10, 1:31 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Dec 10, 2:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	53 min
Dec 10, 3:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	52 min
Dec 10, 3:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	2 hr
Dec 10, 3:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	52 min
Dec 10, 7:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	4 hr
Dec 11, 4:03 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	3 hr
Dec 17, 3:43 AM EST	Flood Watch	RAH	24 hr
Dec 17, 3:49 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	6 hr
Dec 17, 4:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	55 min
Dec 17, 6:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	4 hr
Dec 17, 11:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	6 hr

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	43
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	26
Special Weather Statement	40
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	8
Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	33
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	7
Freeze Watch	6
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	8

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2022 2024

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.