Alert archive / North Carolina / 2003
Weather alerts in North Carolina, February 2003
60 weather alerts in February 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 February 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 60
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- February 22, 200348 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 5:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 24 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:12 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham and 17 more | 63 min |
| Feb 22, 9:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 10:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 51 min |
| Feb 22, 11:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 11:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 39 min |
| Feb 22, 11:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 54 min |
| Feb 22, 11:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham | 24 min |
| Feb 22, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chowan, Columbus and 33 more | 88 min |
| Feb 22, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Orange | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 12:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 12:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 12:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 12:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 33 min |
| Feb 22, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 33 min |
| Feb 22, 2:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates and 8 more | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 2:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 58 min |
| Feb 22, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 50 min |
| Feb 22, 3:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham, Madison, Swain | 119 min |
| Feb 22, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 60 min |
| Feb 22, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Hertford | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 68 min |
| Feb 22, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 29 min |
| Feb 22, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 55 min |
| Feb 22, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 60 min |
| Feb 22, 4:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Currituck, Jones, Pender, Washington | 89 min |
| Feb 22, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 4:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 5:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Feb 22, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 9 min |
| Feb 22, 6:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 24 more | 66 min |
| Feb 22, 6:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min | |
| Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 92 min | |
| Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 92 min | |
| Feb 22, 7:06 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden and 33 more | 118 min |
| Feb 26, 6:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Granville, Orange and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 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 | 26 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County11
- Durham County10
- Granville County10
- Randolph County10
- Vance County10
- Alamance County9
- Chatham County9
- Davidson County8
- Guilford County8
- Person County8
- Union County8
- Wake County8
- Warren County8
- Hertford County8
- Caswell County7
- Franklin County7
- Bladen County7
- Greene County7
- Wayne County7
- Anson County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Lee County6
- Montgomery County6
- Stanly County6
- Forsyth County6
- Bertie County6
- Edgecombe County6
- Gates County6
- Sampson County6
- Beaufort County6
- Columbus County6
- Craven County6
- Duplin County6
- Jones County6
- Pitt County6
- Moore County5
- Rowan County5
- Rockingham County5
- Currituck County5
- Lenoir County5
56 more counties
- Martin County5
- Pender County5
- Washington County5
- Pamlico County5
- Cumberland County4
- Harnett County4
- Hoke County4
- Johnston County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Nash County4
- Scotland County4
- Alexander County4
- Avery County4
- Catawba County4
- Davie County4
- Iredell County4
- Mitchell County4
- Robeson County4
- Wilson County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Perquimans County4
- Tyrrell County4
- Onslow County4
- Richmond County3
- Alleghany County3
- Ashe County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Stokes County3
- Surry County3
- Watauga County3
- Wilkes County3
- Yadkin County3
- Yancey County3
- Gaston County3
- Lincoln County3
- Northampton County3
- Carteret County3
- Dare County3
- Hyde County3
- New Hanover County3
- Buncombe County2
- Cleveland County2
- Madison County2
- Rutherford County2
- Halifax County2
- Cherokee County2
- Henderson County1
- McDowell County1
- Polk County1
- Transylvania County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Brunswick 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.