Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings / 2021
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, February 2021
8 winter storm warnings in February 2021. 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 February 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 8
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20213 winter storm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 1, 4:18 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 13 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 42 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Person, Vance, Warren | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford and 5 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:15 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 16 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 47 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County3
- Watauga County3
- Alexander County2
- Avery County2
- Buncombe County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- Catawba County2
- Graham County2
- Haywood County2
- Henderson County2
- Jackson County2
- McDowell County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Mitchell County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Swain County2
- Transylvania County2
- Yancey County2
- Alleghany County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Caswell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Forsyth County2
- Granville County2
- Guilford County2
- Person County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Alamance County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Randolph County1
- Davie County1
- Iredell County1
2 more counties
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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.