Alert archive / North Carolina / 2003
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 2003
68 weather alerts in April 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 68
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 26, 200325 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 5, 6:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Apr 10, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 12:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 25 more | 91 min |
| Apr 21, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga | 90 min |
| Apr 25, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 35 min | |
| Apr 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Apr 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 6:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 54 more | 117 min |
| Apr 26, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 34 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Anson, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 20 more | 116 min |
| Apr 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 34 more | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Apr 26, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 14 min |
| Apr 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay and 11 more | 115 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay and 11 more | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 33 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 | 50 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Onslow County8
- Craven County7
- Dare County7
- Cumberland County7
- Robeson County7
- Beaufort County6
- Bertie County6
- Camden County6
- Chowan County6
- Greene County6
- Hyde County6
- Martin County6
- Pamlico County6
- Pasquotank County6
- Perquimans County6
- Pitt County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Washington County6
- Harnett County6
- Hoke County6
- Sampson County6
- Wilson County6
- Madison County5
- Currituck County5
- Gates County5
- Bladen County5
- Duplin County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Johnston County5
- Jones County5
- Lenoir County5
- Nash County5
- Pender County5
- Wayne County5
- Brunswick County5
- Yancey County5
- Watauga County4
- Columbus County4
- Halifax County4
- Hertford County4
60 more counties
- New Hanover County4
- Northampton County4
- Scotland County4
- Iredell County4
- Carteret County3
- Ashe County3
- Mitchell County3
- Davidson County3
- Alamance County3
- Durham County3
- Moore County3
- Avery County3
- Davie County3
- McDowell County3
- Haywood County3
- Transylvania County3
- Cherokee County3
- Jackson County3
- Randolph County2
- Anson County2
- Caswell County2
- Lee County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Stanly County2
- Union County2
- Wake County2
- Burke County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Rutherford County2
- Surry County2
- Rockingham County2
- Guilford County2
- Alleghany County2
- Buncombe County2
- Clay County2
- Graham County2
- Macon County2
- Swain County2
- Stokes County2
- Chatham County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Montgomery County1
- Richmond County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Alexander County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Forsyth County1
- Gaston County1
- Henderson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin 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.