Alert archive / North Carolina / Wake County

Weather alerts in Wake County, North Carolina, 2025

265 weather alerts in 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
265
Warnings
87
Watches
27
Advisories
67
Busiest month
July57 alerts
Busiest day
May 5, 202514 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 1 tornado warnings covering Wake County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.

Wake County, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings645416%4890%23 min
Flash flood warnings10820%22100%91 min

Each office's whole area, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings17382%1747%8 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: severe thunderstorm warnings27120524%50789%21 min
NWS Raleigh, NC: flash flood warnings714931%16093%110 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 3, 6:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
Jan 8, 3:24 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRAH18 hr
Jan 9, 3:50 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH11 hr
Jan 9, 2:39 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH39 hr
Jan 10, 10:27 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jan 19, 4:59 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH6 hr
Jan 20, 1:54 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRAH32 hr
Jan 21, 2:22 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Jan 21, 2:29 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRAH32 hr
Jan 22, 2:56 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH18 hr
Feb 7, 1:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH87 min
Feb 7, 1:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH82 min
Feb 15, 2:44 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningRAH21 hr
Feb 15, 2:44 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH25 hr
Feb 16, 8:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH52 min
Feb 16, 8:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Feb 16, 8:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Feb 16, 9:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Feb 16, 9:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Feb 17, 3:14 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRAH17 hr
Feb 18, 3:18 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRAH48 hr
Feb 18, 8:43 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH54 hr
Feb 19, 1:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 20, 2:45 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Feb 28, 1:51 PM ESTFire Weather WatchRAH14 hr
Mar 1, 3:24 AM ESTRed Flag WarningRAH19 hr
Mar 4, 2:17 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAH29 hr
Mar 5, 7:22 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 5, 7:47 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 5, 10:35 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Mar 5, 11:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH74 min
Mar 5, 12:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH69 min
Mar 5, 12:12 PM ESTTornado WarningRAH22 min
Mar 5, 12:26 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 5, 1:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH56 min
Mar 15, 2:31 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRAH23 hr
Mar 16, 6:12 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 16, 9:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Mar 16, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
Mar 16, 11:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Mar 16, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Mar 16, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Mar 16, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
Mar 16, 4:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Mar 16, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Mar 16, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
Mar 16, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 16, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Mar 16, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH21 min
Mar 16, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH34 min
Mar 16, 10:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH2 hr
Mar 16, 11:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Mar 21, 2:12 PM EDTRed Flag WarningRAH30 hr
Mar 26, 2:46 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Mar 31, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 31, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 31, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
Mar 31, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Mar 31, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
Mar 31, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH51 min
Apr 7, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Apr 7, 1:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 7, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Apr 7, 3:29 PM EDTFreeze WatchRAH12 hr
Apr 8, 3:30 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAH30 hr
Apr 11, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 22, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Apr 22, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
Apr 22, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Apr 26, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH39 min
May 2, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH35 min
May 2, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
May 2, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
May 3, 6:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 4, 8:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
May 5, 5:48 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 5, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
May 5, 12:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 5, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 5, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH32 min
May 5, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
May 5, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 5, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
May 5, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH42 min
May 5, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH42 min
May 5, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
May 5, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH81 min
May 5, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
May 8, 7:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 8, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH57 min
May 8, 10:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
May 8, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH59 min
May 11, 2:26 AM EDTFlood WatchRAH69 hr
May 13, 5:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 13, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH60 min
May 13, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
May 13, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
May 14, 11:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 14, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
May 14, 1:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH5 hr
May 14, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
May 14, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
May 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
May 14, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
May 15, 12:42 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH8 hr
May 15, 2:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
May 15, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH53 min
May 15, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 17, 4:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 17, 5:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH48 min
May 17, 6:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH71 min
May 17, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH64 min
May 30, 1:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 30, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH58 min
May 30, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
May 30, 6:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 31, 4:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 31, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH66 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
May 31, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 1, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH41 min
Jun 7, 2:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jun 7, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Jun 12, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH46 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jun 15, 2:18 AM EDTFlood WatchRAH21 hr
Jun 15, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Jun 15, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH35 min
Jun 16, 2:59 AM EDTFlood WatchRAH23 hr
Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH41 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 16, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH24 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH34 min
Jun 17, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 19, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 19, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH54 min
Jun 19, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 19, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH59 min
Jun 22, 12:46 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH3 days
Jun 22, 1:11 PM EDTExtreme Heat WatchRAH24 hr
Jun 23, 1:11 PM EDTExtreme Heat WarningRAH55 hr
Jun 25, 3:41 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH39 hr
Jun 25, 12:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 25, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH58 min
Jun 25, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jun 25, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr
Jun 25, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Jun 25, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH49 min
Jun 25, 4:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 26, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH22 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jun 27, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
Jun 27, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH37 min
Jun 27, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH46 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jun 28, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
Jun 28, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH29 min
Jun 28, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH90 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH61 min
Jul 2, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH79 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jul 2, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jul 6, 1:52 AM EDTFlood WatchRAH24 hr
Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH8 hr
Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH47 min
Jul 7, 1:39 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jul 8, 2:04 PM EDTFlood WatchRAH60 hr
Jul 8, 2:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 9, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH44 min
Jul 9, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jul 9, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH33 min
Jul 9, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH38 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH41 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jul 9, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Jul 9, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH52 min
Jul 10, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH54 min
Jul 10, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH51 min
Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Jul 10, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH40 min
Jul 12, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Jul 12, 6:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH78 min
Jul 12, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH41 min
Jul 12, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH13 min
Jul 12, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH17 min
Jul 13, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH48 min
Jul 13, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH87 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH57 min
Jul 13, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jul 15, 6:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Jul 15, 6:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Jul 17, 1:43 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH31 hr
Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDTFlood WatchRAH9 hr
Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH65 min
Jul 18, 7:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jul 19, 1:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 19, 2:00 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Jul 19, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 19, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH59 min
Jul 19, 9:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 19, 10:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH98 min
Jul 20, 1:04 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH31 hr
Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH62 min
Jul 24, 12:02 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH32 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM EDTExtreme Heat WatchRAH11 hr
Jul 25, 1:02 PM EDTExtreme Heat WarningRAH3 days
Jul 28, 1:57 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH40 hr
Jul 28, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH49 min
Jul 28, 9:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH107 min
Jul 29, 1:50 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH41 hr
Jul 31, 1:44 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAH18 hr
Aug 1, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Aug 1, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 1, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH27 min
Aug 6, 2:57 AM EDTFlood WatchRAH18 hr
Aug 6, 3:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Aug 6, 6:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH10 hr
Aug 6, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 6, 2:24 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAH5 hr
Aug 6, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAH111 min
Aug 11, 4:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH16 min
Aug 11, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH4 hr
Aug 11, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 11, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH3 hr
Aug 13, 10:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH25 min
Aug 13, 11:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH83 min
Aug 14, 10:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Aug 14, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAH3 hr
Aug 14, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH38 min
Aug 17, 4:32 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH4 hr
Sep 25, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH45 min
Sep 25, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH43 min
Oct 19, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAH67 min
Oct 23, 2:00 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Oct 24, 2:00 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH19 hr
Oct 31, 3:20 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH30 hr
Nov 1, 3:00 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRAH18 hr
Nov 6, 12:28 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryRAH20 hr
Nov 8, 10:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAH51 min
Nov 8, 10:40 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAH2 hr
Nov 9, 12:08 AM ESTFreeze WatchRAH13 hr
Nov 9, 1:23 PM ESTFreeze WarningRAH44 hr
Nov 15, 2:02 PM ESTFire Weather WatchRAH11 hr
Nov 16, 12:57 AM ESTRed Flag WarningRAH17 hr
Nov 21, 10:31 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH7 hr
Dec 6, 9:34 PM ESTFreezing Fog AdvisoryRAH14 hr
Dec 7, 1:04 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAH47 hr
Dec 7, 8:21 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRAH10 hr
Dec 13, 11:56 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRAH45 hr
Dec 19, 6:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH39 min
Dec 19, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAH64 min
Dec 28, 12:21 PM ESTRed Flag WarningRAH30 hr

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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.