Alert archive / North Carolina
Weather alerts in North Carolina, 1991
161 weather alerts in 1991, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1991. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 161
- Warnings
- 161
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- April43 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 29, 199120 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 4:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 56 min |
| Mar 2, 6:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Camden, Pasquotank | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 7:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 10:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 7:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 68 min |
| Mar 3, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 12:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 1:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Pitt | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 7:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Camden | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 11:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 11:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 117 min |
| Mar 29, 12:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 117 min |
| Mar 29, 12:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 117 min |
| Mar 29, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Randolph | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 3:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 5:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Northampton | 8 min |
| Mar 29, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Gates, Hertford | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 5:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 5:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Chowan | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 9:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 9:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander, Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 68 min |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance, Caswell | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Camden, Currituck | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 9:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alexander, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 108 min |
| Apr 28, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Forsyth, Yadkin | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Forsyth, Rowan | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford, Randolph | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 68 min |
| May 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene, Pitt | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| May 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort, Craven | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Bertie, Martin | 34 min |
| May 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pamlico | 65 min |
| May 18, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 69 min |
| May 19, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 11:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Scotland | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 9:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Forsyth | 68 min |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pasquotank | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Sampson | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Jones, Onslow | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven, Jones | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 6:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 69 min |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven, Jones | 69 min |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 69 min |
| Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 69 min |
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 68 min |
| Aug 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 68 min |
| Aug 12, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Onslow | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 8:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Perquimans | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 63 min |
| Sep 25, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Craven, Jones | 68 min |
| Dec 23, 10:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 42 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 118 |
| Tornado Warning | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 13 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County8
- Tyrrell County6
- Forsyth County6
- Wayne County5
- Dare County5
- Columbus County5
- Washington County5
- Craven County5
- Onslow County5
- Union County4
- Wilson County4
- Pender County4
- Bladen County4
- Rockingham County4
- Buncombe County4
- Chatham County4
- Nash County4
- Davidson County4
- Catawba County4
- Carteret County4
- Jones County4
- Cabarrus County3
- Johnston County3
- Brunswick County3
- New Hanover County3
- Camden County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Pitt County3
- Stokes County3
- Henderson County3
- Randolph County3
- Sampson County3
- Gaston County3
- Alamance County3
- Orange County3
- Lincoln County3
- Transylvania County2
- Polk County2
- Watauga County2
- Lee County2
44 more counties
- Moore County2
- Wake County2
- Cumberland County2
- Bertie County2
- Perquimans County2
- Beaufort County2
- Alexander County2
- Alleghany County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Rowan County2
- Guilford County2
- Cleveland County2
- Greene County2
- Hyde County2
- Warren County2
- Anson County2
- Durham County2
- Robeson County2
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Avery County1
- Mitchell County1
- Northampton County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Chowan County1
- Cherokee County1
- Graham County1
- Burke County1
- McDowell County1
- Iredell County1
- Caswell County1
- Currituck County1
- Rutherford County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Pamlico County1
- Scotland County1
- Montgomery County1
- Madison County1
- Granville County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19901992
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.