Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2017
12 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- January6 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 5, 20174 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 5, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 43 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 5 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 21 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 8, 9:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 25 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Orange and 3 more | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County3
- Buncombe County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Graham County3
- Haywood County3
- Henderson County3
- Jackson County3
- McDowell County3
- Macon County3
- Madison County3
- Mitchell County3
- Swain County3
- Transylvania County3
- Yancey County3
- Ashe County3
- Watauga County3
- Alexander County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Gaston County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Polk County2
- Rowan County2
- Rutherford County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Alamance County2
- Davidson County2
- Forsyth County2
- Granville County2
- Guilford County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Randolph County2
- Vance County2
- Alleghany County2
- Caswell County2
46 more counties
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Cabarrus County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Union County1
- Beaufort County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Anson County1
- Chatham County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Richmond County1
- Stanly County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.