Alert archive / North Carolina / 2002
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 2002
67 weather alerts in April 2002, 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 67
- Warnings
- 63
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200217 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 3, 12:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min | |
| Apr 3, 12:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Apr 3, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Apr 3, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 8:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Apr 3, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 35 min | |
| Apr 3, 9:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Apr 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Apr 15, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Scotland | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Apr 19, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| Apr 19, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Swain | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 29 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 83 min | |
| Apr 28, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 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 | 48 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pasquotank County6
- Beaufort County4
- Camden County4
- Dare County4
- Northampton County4
- Perquimans County4
- Person County4
- Pitt County4
- Tyrrell County4
- Wilkes County4
- Cherokee County4
- Bertie County3
- Caswell County3
- Chowan County3
- Currituck County3
- Duplin County3
- Gates County3
- Granville County3
- Halifax County3
- Hertford County3
- Martin County3
- Nash County3
- Wake County3
- Clay County3
- Haywood County3
- Swain County3
- Mitchell County3
- Bladen County2
- Columbus County2
- Pender County2
- Alamance County2
- Chatham County2
- Cumberland County2
- Davidson County2
- Durham County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Franklin County2
- Guilford County2
- Johnston County2
- Jones County2
57 more counties
- Onslow County2
- Orange County2
- Randolph County2
- Sampson County2
- Scotland County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Washington County2
- Wilson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Surry County2
- Transylvania County2
- Burke County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Graham County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Watauga County2
- Avery County2
- Caldwell County2
- Davie County2
- Iredell County2
- Yancey County2
- Brunswick County1
- Carteret County1
- Craven County1
- Greene County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Hyde County1
- Lee County1
- Lenoir County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pamlico County1
- Robeson County1
- Wayne County1
- Alexander County1
- Buncombe County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Gaston County1
- Henderson County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Rowan County1
- Union County1
- Yadkin County1
- Forsyth County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Ashe 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.