Alert archive / North Carolina / Watauga County
Weather alerts in Watauga County, North Carolina, 2014
125 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Watauga County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 125
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 53
- Busiest month
- January28 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 5, 20145 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Watauga County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 100% | 5 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 50% | 78 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 187 | 129 | 31% | 370 | 74% | 20 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 23 | 10 | 57% | 26 | 69% | 57 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, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 12 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:59 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 33 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:54 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | RNK | 9 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 44 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:30 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | 18 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 2:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 18 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:23 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 20 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 44 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | 20 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:35 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 16 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:12 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 27 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:17 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 24 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:43 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:43 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | RNK | 7 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:40 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 59 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:13 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 27 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:24 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 15 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 13 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:11 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Feb 21, 10:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 32 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 20 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:30 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:40 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | 31 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:47 PM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:12 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 34 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:50 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 47 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:00 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:02 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | 42 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:30 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 20 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 56 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 52 min |
| May 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 14, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 48 hr |
| May 15, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| May 22, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 60 min |
| May 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 45 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 55 min |
| May 30, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 10:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 4:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 12:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 8:05 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 22, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 9 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 11 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 28 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 36 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Oct 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Oct 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 9:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Oct 14, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 3:23 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 11 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:02 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 53 hr |
| Nov 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 16 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:15 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 13 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 65 min |
| Nov 17, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 35 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 55 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 32 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.
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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.