Alert archive / North Carolina / 2004
Weather alerts in North Carolina, September 2004
158 weather alerts in September 2004, 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 September 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 158
- Warnings
- 114
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- September 17, 200438 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Sep 1, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Sep 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Sep 7, 5:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buncombe, Burke, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbus, Robeson | 91 min |
| Sep 7, 11:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Mecklenburg and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Columbus and 21 more | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke and 4 more | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Columbus and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 12 min |
| Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Columbus, Cumberland and 14 more | 96 min |
| Sep 8, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Anson, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Anson, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke and 31 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 5:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 88 min |
| Sep 8, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 6:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 8:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 44 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 15 min |
| Sep 8, 10:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 13 min |
| Sep 8, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 91 min |
| Sep 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Greene, Halifax and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| Sep 9, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| Sep 9, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Sep 9, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Sep 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Sep 16, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robeson | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 3 more | 83 min |
| Sep 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Robeson | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 6 more | 84 min |
| Sep 17, 9:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 12 min |
| Sep 17, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham and 26 more | 87 min |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Gates and 8 more | 117 min |
| Sep 17, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 1:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 29 more | 113 min |
| Sep 17, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 49 min |
| Sep 17, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 2:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Edgecombe and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Franklin and 6 more | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 6:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 13 more | 116 min |
| Sep 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Nash and 4 more | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 117 min | |
| Sep 17, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 23 min |
| Sep 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 2 hr | |
| Sep 17, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Sep 17, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 16 min |
| Sep 17, 9:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 86 min | |
| Sep 17, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 86 min | |
| Sep 17, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 86 min | |
| Sep 18, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 93 min | |
| Sep 27, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Sep 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 9 more | 96 min |
| Sep 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 11 more | 115 min |
| Sep 27, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett and 13 more | 119 min |
| Sep 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Sep 27, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 90 min | |
| Sep 27, 9:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 42 min |
| Sep 27, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 22 min |
| Sep 27, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Chatham, Columbus and 16 more | 89 min |
| Sep 28, 1:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 2:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 4:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 114 min |
| Sep 28, 6:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 8:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Tyrrell | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 16 min |
| Sep 28, 1:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax, Hertford and 3 more | 116 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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 51 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 33 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 18 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Robeson County26
- Hoke County26
- Harnett County24
- Cumberland County23
- Richmond County22
- Moore County22
- Sampson County22
- Scotland County20
- Bladen County20
- Lee County19
- Columbus County18
- Anson County18
- Johnston County18
- Montgomery County17
- Wake County17
- Wayne County16
- Brunswick County15
- Halifax County15
- Mecklenburg County14
- Stanly County14
- Union County14
- Chatham County14
- Randolph County13
- Northampton County13
- Cleveland County12
- Gaston County12
- Polk County12
- Rutherford County12
- Cabarrus County12
- Davidson County12
- Duplin County12
- Edgecombe County12
- Orange County12
- Franklin County11
- Greene County11
- Guilford County11
- Lenoir County11
- Person County11
- Vance County11
- Wilson County11
55 more counties
- Camden County11
- Caswell County10
- Durham County10
- Nash County10
- Rockingham County10
- Warren County10
- Hertford County10
- Gates County10
- Pasquotank County10
- Lincoln County9
- Pender County9
- Granville County9
- Martin County9
- Henderson County8
- Alamance County8
- Forsyth County8
- Stokes County8
- Chowan County8
- Perquimans County8
- McDowell County7
- Burke County7
- Transylvania County7
- Pitt County7
- Bertie County7
- Currituck County7
- New Hanover County6
- Iredell County6
- Rowan County6
- Avery County5
- Caldwell County5
- Catawba County5
- Jackson County5
- Jones County5
- Beaufort County5
- Craven County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Mitchell County4
- Macon County4
- Alexander County4
- Onslow County4
- Washington County4
- Carteret County3
- Davie County3
- Surry County3
- Yadkin County3
- Pamlico County3
- Buncombe County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Haywood County2
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Yancey 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.