Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2018
26 winter storm warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 26
- Busiest month
- January12 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20184 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 2, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 36 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 23 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 23 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:14 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington | 27 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 6:10 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:02 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Davie, Haywood, Iredell, Madison and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:47 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 39 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:31 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:06 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 42 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:36 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Nov 14, 5:15 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 38 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 3 days |
| Dec 7, 4:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 3 days |
| Dec 7, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Clay | 59 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 16 more | 60 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 41 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
- Alleghany County5
- Ashe County5
- Watauga County5
- Burke County4
- Caldwell County4
- Davie County4
- Iredell County4
- McDowell County4
- Rowan County4
- Buncombe County4
- Haywood County4
- Northampton County3
- Halifax County3
- Lee County3
- Moore County3
- Nash County3
- Alamance County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Orange County3
- Person County3
- Alexander County3
- Catawba County3
- Caswell County3
- Rockingham County3
- Stokes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Madison County3
- Swain County3
- Surry County3
- Wilkes County3
- Robeson County2
- Beaufort County2
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Pamlico County2
- Tyrrell County2
56 more counties
- Washington County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Cumberland County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Harnett County2
- Hoke County2
- Johnston County2
- Scotland County2
- Wilson County2
- Anson County2
- Chatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Durham County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Montgomery County2
- Randolph County2
- Richmond County2
- Stanly County2
- Vance County2
- Wake County2
- Warren County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Cleveland County2
- Gaston County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Union County2
- Graham County2
- Henderson County2
- Transylvania County2
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Bertie County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Clay County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20172019
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.