Alert archive / North Carolina / 1998
Weather alerts in North Carolina, March 1998
101 weather alerts in March 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 93
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 20, 199840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 17 min |
| Mar 8, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 2:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 115 min |
| Mar 9, 2:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 2:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 2:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 3:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 3:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 3:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 55 min |
| Mar 9, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 4:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 4:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 4:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 2:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Warren | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 7:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 8:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 26 min |
| Mar 20, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 66 min |
| Mar 20, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 19 min |
| Mar 20, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 5:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 20 min |
| Mar 20, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 18 min |
| Mar 20, 10:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 11:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 12:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 32 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 | 52 |
| Tornado Warning | 24 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 17 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County11
- Durham County10
- Orange County9
- Bladen County7
- Columbus County7
- Johnston County7
- Granville County7
- Robeson County6
- Greene County6
- Wayne County6
- Wilson County6
- Randolph County6
- Brunswick County5
- Duplin County5
- Lenoir County5
- Nash County5
- New Hanover County5
- Pender County5
- Pitt County5
- Sampson County5
- Chatham County5
- Caswell County5
- Rockingham County5
- Person County5
- Edgecombe County4
- Halifax County4
- Onslow County4
- Warren County4
- Moore County4
- Vance County4
- Ashe County4
- Watauga County4
- Forsyth County4
- Guilford County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Stokes County4
- Alamance County4
- Cumberland County4
- Franklin County4
- Harnett County4
56 more counties
- Hoke County4
- Scotland County4
- Bertie County3
- Craven County3
- Hertford County3
- Jones County3
- Northampton County3
- Washington County3
- Montgomery County3
- Jackson County3
- Alleghany County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Davidson County3
- Davie County3
- Beaufort County2
- Chowan County2
- Gates County2
- Martin County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Cherokee County2
- Camden County2
- Macon County2
- Iredell County2
- Rowan County2
- Stanly County2
- Surry County2
- Union County2
- Yadkin County2
- Lee County2
- Richmond County2
- Pamlico County1
- Clay County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Swain County1
- Alexander County1
- Avery County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Gaston County1
- Henderson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Mitchell County1
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Transylvania County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yancey County1
- Anson County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Currituck 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.