Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008
10 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- January6 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 16, 20083 winter storm warnings
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 1, 4:35 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 53 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Person, Randolph | 30 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 29 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 50 hr |
| Nov 21, 7:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 36 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County5
- Mitchell County5
- Yancey County5
- Graham County3
- Haywood County3
- Madison County3
- Swain County3
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Alamance County2
- Person County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Guilford County1
- Randolph County1
- Alleghany County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Alexander County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Henderson County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
20 more counties
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.