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Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2012
51 wind advisories in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 51
- Busiest month
- December16 wind advisories
- Busiest day
- December 20, 20125 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 1, 10:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 19 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 15 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:31 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 25 hr | |
| Jan 11, 11:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 23 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 10, 1:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 42 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 115 min | |
| Feb 19, 5:06 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:24 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Apr 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans | 59 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 65 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 43 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 42 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:12 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 16 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 25 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 39 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 8 more | 56 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:17 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 58 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 14 hr | |
| Dec 21, 10:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 22 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 37 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 43 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 21 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 29, 6:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 30 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County9
- Ashe County9
- Watauga County9
- Burke County9
- Caldwell County9
- McDowell County9
- Cherokee County9
- Clay County9
- Polk County8
- Rutherford County8
- Avery County6
- Mitchell County6
- Yancey County6
- Dare County6
- Hyde County6
- Henderson County6
- Jackson County6
- Transylvania County6
- Surry County6
- Wilkes County6
- Macon County6
- Graham County6
- Alexander County5
- Buncombe County5
- Cabarrus County5
- Catawba County5
- Cleveland County5
- Davie County5
- Gaston County5
- Iredell County5
- Lincoln County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Rowan County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Stokes County5
- Yadkin County5
- Swain County5
- Union County4
- Haywood County4
- Madison County4
55 more counties
- Caswell County3
- Rockingham County3
- Beaufort County2
- Jones County2
- Pamlico County2
- Washington County2
- Alamance County2
- Chatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Durham County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Forsyth County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Guilford County2
- Halifax County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Nash County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Randolph County2
- Stanly County2
- Vance County2
- Wake County2
- Warren County2
- Wilson County2
- Currituck County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Perquimans County1
- Anson County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Wayne 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. Rebuilt daily.