Alert archive / North Carolina
Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina
260 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 260
- Busiest year
- 201029 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 12over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mitchell County74
- Yancey County73
- Avery County72
- Madison County62
- Haywood County58
- Swain County56
- Graham County53
- Ashe County52
- Watauga County51
- Jackson County43
- Alleghany County42
- Buncombe County39
- Burke County38
- Caldwell County38
- McDowell County38
- Henderson County35
- Transylvania County32
- Wilkes County32
- Surry County31
- Macon County31
- Polk County31
- Rutherford County31
- Alexander County30
- Catawba County28
- Forsyth County28
- Person County28
- Iredell County27
- Guilford County27
- Davie County26
- Alamance County26
- Davidson County25
- Granville County25
- Vance County25
- Stokes County24
- Yadkin County24
- Warren County24
- Cleveland County23
- Lincoln County23
- Rowan County23
- Durham County23
60 more counties
- Franklin County23
- Orange County23
- Randolph County23
- Wake County23
- Gaston County22
- Clay County22
- Caswell County22
- Rockingham County22
- Cherokee County21
- Cabarrus County21
- Chatham County21
- Lee County21
- Mecklenburg County21
- Moore County21
- Richmond County20
- Northampton County20
- Stanly County19
- Halifax County19
- Anson County18
- Montgomery County18
- Union County18
- Beaufort County18
- Chowan County18
- Nash County18
- Cumberland County18
- Harnett County18
- Johnston County18
- Bertie County17
- Camden County17
- Currituck County17
- Gates County17
- Hertford County17
- Pasquotank County17
- Perquimans County17
- Edgecombe County17
- Hoke County17
- Robeson County17
- Sampson County17
- Wayne County17
- Wilson County17
- Tyrrell County16
- Washington County16
- Bladen County16
- Hyde County16
- Scotland County16
- Lenoir County15
- Martin County15
- Pitt County15
- Greene County14
- Jones County14
- Dare County13
- Duplin County13
- Pamlico County13
- Columbus County9
- Pender County7
- Craven County6
- Brunswick County5
- New Hanover County5
- Carteret County4
- Onslow County4
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:31 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 23 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
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.