Alert archive / North Carolina
Wind Advisories in North Carolina
1,487 wind advisories since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 1,487
- Busiest year
- 200797 wind advisories
- Average year
- 68over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County330
- Watauga County330
- Mitchell County309
- Yancey County309
- Avery County308
- Alleghany County295
- Haywood County250
- Jackson County247
- McDowell County238
- Buncombe County237
- Madison County236
- Burke County230
- Caldwell County230
- Swain County228
- Graham County223
- Transylvania County215
- Macon County214
- Henderson County182
- Cherokee County177
- Clay County175
- Rutherford County167
- Polk County162
- Dare County161
- Hyde County152
- Wilkes County142
- Surry County141
- Currituck County109
- Alexander County83
- Mecklenburg County73
- Cabarrus County72
- Lincoln County72
- Gaston County71
- Rowan County71
- Cleveland County70
- Davie County70
- Iredell County70
- Catawba County68
- Union County68
- Tyrrell County65
- Carteret County65
60 more counties
- Yadkin County64
- Randolph County62
- Stokes County62
- Davidson County61
- Edgecombe County61
- Halifax County61
- Forsyth County60
- Guilford County60
- Harnett County60
- Nash County60
- Wake County60
- Wilson County60
- Camden County59
- Chatham County59
- Cumberland County59
- Franklin County59
- Orange County59
- Alamance County58
- Johnston County58
- Montgomery County58
- Moore County58
- Person County58
- Warren County58
- Durham County57
- Lee County57
- Vance County57
- Granville County56
- Stanly County56
- Anson County55
- Rockingham County55
- Sampson County55
- Wayne County55
- Hoke County54
- Pamlico County54
- Pasquotank County54
- Richmond County54
- Caswell County54
- Scotland County53
- Beaufort County49
- Jones County44
- Washington County44
- Perquimans County43
- Brunswick County41
- New Hanover County41
- Pender County41
- Bladen County38
- Chowan County38
- Columbus County38
- Duplin County38
- Greene County37
- Lenoir County37
- Pitt County37
- Robeson County37
- Martin County36
- Gates County34
- Bertie County32
- Hertford County32
- Northampton County31
- Onslow County25
- Craven County24
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 53 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 60 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:14 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:41 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:17 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 19 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 28 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.