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Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2017
74 wind advisories in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
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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 6, 2:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 31 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 36 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 29 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 28 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:29 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 44 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:35 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:36 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Apr 5, 2:53 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 31 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:05 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 51 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 52 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 48 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:53 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:41 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:17 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 21 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| May 1, 2:23 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 26 hr |
| May 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 24 hr |
| May 3, 3:26 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 43 hr |
| May 3, 3:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 42 hr |
| May 3, 2:51 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 31 hr |
| May 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 25 hr |
| May 25, 1:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 23 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:03 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 10 hr | |
| Jul 29, 8:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Aug 28, 10:34 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 33 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Sep 1, 9:11 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:44 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 46 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:11 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 52 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 36 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Hoke and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 37 hr | |
| Sep 18, 3:17 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 37 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:34 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 36 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:31 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 29 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:01 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:54 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, McDowell and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | 38 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 42 hr |
| Nov 9, 7:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 37 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:52 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Nov 18, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:39 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 40 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:34 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 22 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County18
- Watauga County18
- Alleghany County17
- Avery County15
- Haywood County15
- Mitchell County15
- Yancey County15
- Buncombe County14
- Jackson County14
- Madison County14
- Transylvania County14
- Burke County13
- Caldwell County13
- Graham County13
- McDowell County13
- Macon County13
- Swain County13
- Polk County12
- Rutherford County12
- Cherokee County11
- Clay County11
- Henderson County11
- Surry County7
- Wilkes County7
- Currituck County4
- Cumberland County4
- Dare County3
- Hyde County3
- Alexander County3
- Anson County3
- Davidson County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Harnett County3
- Hoke County3
- Johnston County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Randolph County3
53 more counties
- Richmond County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County3
- Stanly County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Pamlico County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Camden County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Alamance County2
- Chatham County2
- Durham County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Halifax County2
- Lee County2
- Nash County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Vance County2
- Wake County2
- Warren County2
- Bladen County2
- Brunswick County2
- Columbus County2
- New Hanover County2
- Pender County2
- Robeson County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Gaston County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Rowan County2
- Union County2
- Stokes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Chowan County1
- Beaufort County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Washington County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham 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.