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Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2021
14 winter storm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- January8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 6, 20214 winter storm watches
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 6, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 13 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Orange and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County5
- Graham County5
- Haywood County5
- Madison County5
- Mitchell County5
- Swain County5
- Yancey County5
- Alexander County4
- Buncombe County4
- Burke County4
- Caldwell County4
- Catawba County4
- Henderson County4
- McDowell County4
- Polk County4
- Rutherford County4
- Transylvania County4
- Alleghany County4
- Ashe County4
- Stokes County4
- Surry County4
- Watauga County4
- Wilkes County4
- Yadkin County4
- Iredell County3
- Jackson County3
- Macon County3
- Caswell County3
- Rockingham County3
- Davie County2
- Forsyth County2
- Guilford County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Davidson County1
- Alamance County1
- Durham County1
- Granville County1
- Orange County1
- Person 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.