Alert archive / North Carolina
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina
316 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 316
- Busiest year
- 201048 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 14over 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.
- Avery County95
- Mitchell County93
- Yancey County92
- Madison County76
- Swain County75
- Watauga County74
- Ashe County73
- Haywood County73
- Graham County63
- Alleghany County46
- Jackson County44
- Caldwell County42
- Buncombe County41
- Burke County41
- McDowell County41
- Surry County37
- Wilkes County34
- Person County33
- Stokes County32
- Henderson County31
- Macon County31
- Transylvania County31
- Caswell County31
- Rockingham County31
- Forsyth County30
- Guilford County30
- Alexander County30
- Yadkin County30
- Polk County29
- Rutherford County29
- Vance County29
- Warren County29
- Alamance County28
- Granville County28
- Rowan County28
- Catawba County27
- Davie County27
- Iredell County27
- Davidson County26
- Orange County26
60 more counties
- Halifax County26
- Randolph County25
- Cleveland County24
- Lincoln County24
- Franklin County24
- Nash County24
- Chatham County23
- Durham County23
- Wake County23
- Gaston County22
- Edgecombe County22
- Lee County22
- Cabarrus County21
- Clay County21
- Mecklenburg County21
- Montgomery County21
- Union County21
- Johnston County21
- Wilson County21
- Moore County21
- Northampton County20
- Cherokee County19
- Stanly County19
- Anson County19
- Hoke County19
- Richmond County19
- Scotland County19
- Martin County18
- Beaufort County18
- Harnett County18
- Washington County18
- Wayne County18
- Greene County17
- Pitt County17
- Lenoir County17
- Tyrrell County17
- Camden County16
- Chowan County16
- Cumberland County16
- Currituck County16
- Dare County16
- Duplin County16
- Pasquotank County16
- Perquimans County16
- Bertie County15
- Hyde County15
- Sampson County15
- Gates County14
- Hertford County14
- Jones County14
- Pamlico County14
- Robeson County13
- Bladen County11
- Columbus County8
- Brunswick County5
- New Hanover County5
- Pender County5
- Craven County5
- Onslow County3
- Carteret County2
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:59 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 63 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 63 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 52 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 57 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 58 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 63 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 57 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 59 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 69 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 22 more | 70 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.