Alert archive / North Carolina / 2003
Weather alerts in North Carolina, March 2003
77 weather alerts in March 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 March 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 77
- Warnings
- 57
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 20, 200323 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 6, 12:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Robeson | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 42 min |
| Mar 6, 2:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 16 min |
| Mar 6, 2:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 2:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 2:34 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 19 more | 86 min |
| Mar 6, 3:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 4:54 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 36 min | |
| Mar 6, 6:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 113 min | |
| Mar 11, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 10:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 15 more | 113 min |
| Mar 11, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 11:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 11:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 59 min |
| Mar 11, 12:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 12:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 12:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Mar 11, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 66 min |
| Mar 11, 1:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| Mar 11, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 1:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Mar 13, 1:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 11 more | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 6:33 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie and 18 more | 87 min |
| Mar 16, 8:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 53 min | |
| Mar 16, 1:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Craven, Duplin and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 22 min |
| Mar 16, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 60 min |
| Mar 16, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 10:48 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk and 1 more | 117 min |
| Mar 19, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 119 min |
| Mar 20, 5:48 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 117 min |
| Mar 20, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 55 min | |
| Mar 20, 9:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 55 min | |
| Mar 20, 10:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Mar 20, 10:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Greene and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Mar 20, 11:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 40 min |
| Mar 20, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 53 min |
| Mar 20, 11:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 73 min | |
| Mar 20, 12:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 2 hr | |
| Mar 20, 12:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Chowan, Craven, Jones and 7 more | 113 min |
| Mar 20, 2:05 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 85 min | |
| Mar 20, 2:05 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 85 min | |
| Mar 20, 3:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 min | |
| Mar 20, 3:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 min | |
| Mar 20, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 38 min |
| Mar 20, 8:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 5:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Mar 21, 6:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Mar 21, 8:33 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Mar 21, 8:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| Mar 21, 9:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Mar 21, 11:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Lenoir, Martin and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 25 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 17 more | 91 min |
| Mar 29, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 18 min |
| Mar 30, 12:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 min | |
| Mar 30, 9:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 min | |
| Mar 30, 9:09 AM EST | 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 | 27 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 24 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County12
- Bladen County11
- Pender County10
- Columbus County10
- Lenoir County10
- Pitt County10
- Duplin County9
- New Hanover County9
- Onslow County9
- Sampson County8
- Greene County8
- Jones County8
- Wayne County8
- Beaufort County7
- Craven County7
- Carteret County6
- Pamlico County6
- Hyde County5
- Wilson County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Washington County5
- Northampton County5
- Martin County5
- Robeson County4
- Johnston County4
- Dare County4
- Clay County4
- Haywood County4
- Henderson County4
- Jackson County4
- Macon County4
- Polk County4
- Rutherford County4
- Transylvania County4
- Caswell County4
- Franklin County4
- Halifax County4
- Hertford County4
- Nash County4
- Warren County4
56 more counties
- Bertie County4
- Cumberland County3
- Stanly County3
- Alexander County3
- Alleghany County3
- Ashe County3
- Avery County3
- Buncombe County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Cherokee County3
- Davidson County3
- Davie County3
- Graham County3
- Iredell County3
- Lincoln County3
- McDowell County3
- Madison County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Mitchell County3
- Rockingham County3
- Rowan County3
- Surry County3
- Swain County3
- Watauga County3
- Wilkes County3
- Yancey County3
- Alamance County3
- Chatham County3
- Durham County3
- Granville County3
- Orange County3
- Person County3
- Vance County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Chowan County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Harnett County2
- Hoke County2
- Scotland County2
- Catawba County2
- Forsyth County2
- Gaston County2
- Stokes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Guilford County2
- Union County2
- Perquimans County2
- Gates County2
- Cleveland County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Randolph County1
- Richmond County1
- Wake County1
Nearby
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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.