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Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2026
29 wind advisories in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- January9 wind advisories
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20265 wind advisories
Over time
By month
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 10, 12:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Mitchell, Yancey | 30 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 27 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and 2 more | 59 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 47 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 25 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 15 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:20 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 41 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:51 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 18 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:11 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 36 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 32 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 27 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:17 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:41 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:14 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 3 days |
| Sep 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 53 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dare County8
- Hyde County8
- Alleghany County6
- Carteret County6
- Avery County5
- Buncombe County5
- Mitchell County5
- Yancey County5
- Ashe County5
- Watauga County5
- Currituck County5
- Haywood County4
- Jackson County4
- Graham County3
- Macon County3
- Madison County3
- Swain County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Camden County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Perquimans County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- McDowell County3
- Polk County3
- Rutherford County3
- Surry County3
- Beaufort County2
- Craven County2
- Pamlico County2
- Washington County2
- Chowan County2
- Gates County2
- Henderson County2
- Caswell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Transylvania County2
44 more counties
- Alexander County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Rowan County1
- Bertie County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Alamance County1
- Chatham County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Forsyth County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Guilford County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wilson County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Brunswick County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender 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.