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Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2008
92 wind advisories in 2008. 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 in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 92
- Busiest month
- December25 wind advisories
- Busiest day
- March 7, 20086 wind advisories
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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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 10:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 10 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 30 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:27 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:27 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 40 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 42 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 15 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 17, 4:09 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Feb 17, 11:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain | 10 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:13 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:24 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 36 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 7, 4:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:24 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 27 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:11 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:39 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 38 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | 17 hr | |
| Mar 19, 4:05 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Mar 19, 4:46 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:07 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 12 hr |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 45 hr |
| May 11, 4:11 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 34 hr |
| May 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 19 hr | |
| May 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 26 hr |
| May 12, 4:06 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Person, Randolph | 11 hr |
| May 12, 4:08 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 20 hr |
| May 12, 10:46 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 17 hr | |
| May 12, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 3:52 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 13 hr | |
| May 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 25 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:40 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 63 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:32 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 61 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 35 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 40 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:52 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:29 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:56 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 32 hr |
| Nov 4, 11:22 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 35 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 32 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 17 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 9 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 28 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:33 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 9 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 5 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 9 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 42 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 35 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 37 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:37 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 17 hr |
| Dec 19, 10:11 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 11 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 18 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:11 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:14 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 31 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Cleveland, Davie and 16 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Dec 31, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County20
- Macon County18
- Graham County18
- Haywood County18
- Swain County18
- Cherokee County17
- Clay County17
- Madison County17
- Transylvania County16
- Alleghany County15
- Burke County14
- Caldwell County14
- McDowell County14
- Ashe County14
- Watauga County14
- Buncombe County13
- Avery County13
- Mitchell County13
- Yancey County13
- Rutherford County12
- Henderson County11
- Polk County11
- Surry County8
- Wilkes County8
- Dare County8
- Hyde County7
- Alexander County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Cleveland County6
- Davie County6
- Gaston County6
- Iredell County6
- Lincoln County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Rowan County6
- Camden County6
- Currituck County6
- Pasquotank County6
- Person County6
- Catawba County5
54 more counties
- Union County5
- Anson County5
- Chatham County5
- Davidson County5
- Durham County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Forsyth County5
- Franklin County5
- Granville County5
- Guilford County5
- Halifax County5
- Lee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Moore County5
- Nash County5
- Orange County5
- Randolph County5
- Richmond County5
- Vance County5
- Warren County5
- Wilson County5
- Caswell County4
- Rockingham County4
- Stokes County4
- Yadkin County4
- Alamance County4
- Stanly County4
- Wake County4
- Bertie County3
- Chowan County3
- Gates County3
- Hertford County3
- Northampton County3
- Perquimans County3
- Harnett County3
- Johnston County3
- Beaufort County2
- Pamlico County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Cumberland County2
- Hoke County2
- Sampson County2
- Scotland County2
- Wayne County2
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Washington County1
- Bladen County1
- Columbus County1
- Robeson County1
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.