Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2020
10 winter storm warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- February6 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- February 20, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Macon | 16 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Clay | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 32 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:55 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:35 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 41 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 39 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 39 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Graham County3
- Swain County3
- Avery County2
- Haywood County2
- Madison County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Macon County1
- Clay County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Nash County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Craven County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
2 more counties
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.