Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022
16 winter storm warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- January14 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 2, 20223 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, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 32 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 3 days |
| Jan 14, 8:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 3 days |
| Jan 15, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 16 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 63 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax and 13 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 5 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 18 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 44 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 46 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Graham County6
- Swain County6
- Avery County5
- Haywood County5
- Madison County5
- Mitchell County5
- Yancey County5
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Buncombe County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Anson County2
- Chatham County2
- Franklin County2
- Hoke County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Richmond County2
- Scotland County2
- Wake County2
- Currituck County2
- Alexander 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
51 more counties
- Rowan County1
- Rutherford County1
- Transylvania County1
- Union County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Alamance County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Forsyth County1
- Granville County1
- Guilford County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Cumberland County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Johnston County1
- Nash County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Craven County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Robeson County1
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.