Alert archive / North Carolina / 1998
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 1998
106 weather alerts in April 1998, 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 88
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 19, 199823 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, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 2:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 16 min |
| Apr 1, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 8:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 9:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 11:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Graham | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Swain | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robeson | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 1:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 8 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Clay | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robeson, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 3 hr |
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 | 50 |
| Tornado Warning | 23 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County11
- Clay County8
- Graham County8
- Jackson County8
- Swain County8
- Alamance County8
- Wayne County7
- Haywood County7
- Granville County7
- Guilford County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Rockingham County7
- Hertford County6
- Lenoir County6
- Martin County6
- Buncombe County6
- Gaston County6
- Henderson County6
- Lincoln County6
- Macon County6
- Madison County6
- Stokes County6
- Yancey County6
- Bertie County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Gates County6
- Halifax County6
- Montgomery County6
- Moore County6
- Northampton County6
- Randolph County6
- Stanly County6
- Vance County6
- Wake County6
- Scotland County5
- Harnett County5
- Johnston County5
- Duplin County5
- Pitt County5
- Columbus County5
60 more counties
- Davie County5
- Iredell County5
- Transylvania County5
- Caswell County5
- Chatham County5
- Davidson County5
- Durham County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Forsyth County5
- Franklin County5
- Nash County5
- Orange County5
- Person County5
- Rowan County5
- Union County5
- Warren County5
- Wilson County5
- Robeson County5
- Hoke County4
- Sampson County4
- Bladen County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Currituck County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Pender County4
- Perquimans County4
- Ashe County4
- Catawba County4
- Rutherford County4
- Surry County4
- Watauga County4
- Lee County4
- Brunswick County4
- Craven County3
- Jones County3
- Onslow County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Washington County3
- Caldwell County3
- Cleveland County3
- Mitchell County3
- Polk County3
- Wilkes County3
- Cumberland County3
- Greene County3
- New Hanover County3
- Beaufort County2
- Carteret County2
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Pamlico County2
- Alexander County2
- Alleghany County2
- Avery County2
- Burke County2
- McDowell County2
- Yadkin County2
- Anson County2
- Richmond County2
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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.