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Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2016
101 mesoscale discussions in 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 101
- Busiest month
- July27 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20167 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 5:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hertford, Northampton | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Hoke, Mecklenburg, Montgomery and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Graham, Swain | 92 min |
| Feb 3, 1:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:02 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 40 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin and 19 more | 119 min |
| Feb 16, 8:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Dare and 7 more | 61 min |
| Feb 24, 8:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 36 more | 119 min |
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 28 more | 89 min |
| Feb 24, 1:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford and 9 more | 117 min |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham and 28 more | 95 min |
| Feb 24, 4:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chatham, Chowan and 35 more | 89 min |
| Feb 24, 6:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more | 92 min |
| Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 19 more | 97 min |
| Mar 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 41 more | 84 min |
| Mar 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Hyde and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson and 14 more | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham and 34 more | 87 min |
| May 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 8 more | 61 min |
| May 2, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 14 more | 116 min |
| May 2, 2:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more | 62 min |
| May 3, 1:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 35 more | 3 hr |
| May 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 24 more | 62 min |
| May 11, 2:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 57 more | 2 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 29 more | 2 hr |
| May 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe and 73 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Craven, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 29 more | 118 min |
| Jun 5, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 20 more | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 4 more | 87 min |
| Jun 12, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 16 more | 85 min |
| Jun 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson and 2 more | 90 min |
| Jun 15, 1:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke and 47 more | 95 min |
| Jun 16, 11:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 30 more | 90 min |
| Jun 23, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caswell, Person, Rockingham | 92 min |
| Jun 23, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham and 38 more | 115 min |
| Jun 23, 10:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey | 84 min |
| Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Beaufort, Bladen and 37 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Chatham, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Harnett and 9 more | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 44 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Jones and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Scotland | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Robeson | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham, Swain | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 15 more | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 20 more | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus and 30 more | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell and 12 more | 88 min |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 49 more | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Caldwell, Davie, Iredell, Watauga and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 9:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 36 more | 89 min |
| Jul 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 31 more | 88 min |
| Jul 19, 11:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 28 more | 91 min |
| Jul 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 88 min |
| Jul 23, 12:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Haywood and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cabarrus and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hyde and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford and 5 more | 116 min |
| Aug 17, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 42 more | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 29 more | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 37 more | 95 min |
| Sep 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Bertie, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 47 more | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Dare, Hyde and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Carteret, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover, Pamlico | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 87 min |
| Sep 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 8 more | 119 min |
| Sep 28, 12:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caswell, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash and 5 more | 66 min |
| Sep 28, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham and 24 more | 91 min |
| Sep 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 56 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 32 more | 88 min |
| Sep 28, 9:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 32 more | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Rockingham, Stokes and 2 more | 116 min |
| Sep 30, 11:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Caswell, Craven, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:00 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Carteret, New Hanover | 60 min |
| Oct 8, 2:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Hyde, Jones and 3 more | 97 min |
| Oct 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | 95 min |
| Nov 30, 2:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleveland, Gaston, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Cumberland and 20 more | 92 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County39
- Chatham County38
- Durham County37
- Franklin County37
- Orange County37
- Granville County36
- Alamance County35
- Davie County35
- Davidson County34
- Forsyth County34
- Iredell County33
- Nash County33
- Person County33
- Randolph County33
- Rowan County33
- Vance County33
- Montgomery County32
- Alexander County32
- Guilford County32
- Lee County32
- Rockingham County32
- Warren County32
- Harnett County32
- Johnston County32
- Caswell County31
- Yadkin County31
- Hoke County30
- Moore County30
- Scotland County30
- Halifax County30
- Wilkes County29
- Cabarrus County29
- Stanly County29
- Greene County29
- Wilson County29
- Mecklenburg County28
- Stokes County28
- Edgecombe County28
- Wayne County28
- Northampton County27
60 more counties
- Anson County27
- Gaston County27
- Richmond County27
- Union County27
- Catawba County27
- Sampson County27
- Cumberland County27
- Caldwell County26
- Surry County26
- Cleveland County26
- Craven County25
- Lincoln County25
- Duplin County25
- Lenoir County25
- Rutherford County24
- Jones County24
- Beaufort County23
- Martin County23
- Pamlico County22
- Burke County22
- Robeson County22
- Bertie County22
- Pitt County22
- McDowell County20
- Polk County20
- Onslow County20
- Hyde County19
- Hertford County19
- Brunswick County19
- Bladen County19
- Carteret County18
- Washington County18
- Pender County18
- Tyrrell County17
- Perquimans County16
- Alleghany County16
- New Hanover County16
- Columbus County16
- Camden County15
- Pasquotank County15
- Buncombe County15
- Henderson County15
- Chowan County15
- Gates County15
- Dare County14
- Ashe County13
- Avery County13
- Watauga County13
- Transylvania County13
- Mitchell County11
- Yancey County11
- Clay County11
- Currituck County10
- Jackson County10
- Swain County10
- Haywood County10
- Macon County10
- Madison County9
- Graham County8
- Cherokee County6
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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.