Alert archive / North Carolina / 1996
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 1996
73 weather alerts in April 1996, 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 April 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 73
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 15, 199624 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 12 min |
| Apr 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Transylvania | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 16 min |
| Apr 20, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 20 min |
| Apr 20, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 54 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 | 47 |
| Tornado Warning | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pender County5
- Duplin County4
- Wake County4
- Franklin County4
- Brunswick County3
- New Hanover County3
- Harnett County3
- Macon County3
- Nash County2
- Cumberland County2
- Lenoir County2
- Robeson County2
- Halifax County2
- Northampton County2
- Haywood County2
- Jackson County2
- Transylvania County2
- Jones County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Greene County1
- Pitt County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Buncombe County1
- Henderson County1
- Wilkes County1
- Gaston County1
- Lincoln County1
- Forsyth County1
- Caswell County1
- Alamance County1
- Orange County1
- Surry County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
21 more counties
- Bertie County1
- Hertford County1
- Gates County1
- Columbus County1
- Onslow County1
- Craven County1
- Pamlico County1
- Carteret County1
- Dare County1
- Caldwell County1
- Watauga County1
- Ashe County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Stanly County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Rowan County1
- Davidson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Randolph County1
- Guilford County1
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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.