Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1987
169 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1987. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 169
- Busiest month
- July42 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 29, 198714 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
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 12, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Clay | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 8:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Forsyth | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Guilford | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Sampson | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Duplin | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene, Lenoir | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Northampton | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 56 min |
| May 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 58 min |
| May 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 63 min |
| May 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 60 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 35 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 2, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 min |
| May 2, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 63 min |
| May 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 60 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| May 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pamlico | 48 min |
| May 12, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford, Rockingham | 59 min |
| May 13, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 56 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 60 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Clay, Macon | 56 min |
| May 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 62 min |
| May 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford, Rockingham | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Duplin, Sampson | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Gates, Hertford | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Richmond | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Randolph | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow, Pender | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Bertie, Martin | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Gates | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven, Jones | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Northampton | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Montgomery, Stanly | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Duplin | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Randolph | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson, Union | 62 min |
| Sep 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Forsyth, Stokes | 56 min |
| Sep 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Sep 11, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 32 min |
| Sep 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Sep 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow, Pender | 59 min |
| Sep 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander, Iredell | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 63 min |
| Dec 11, 12:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Northampton | 58 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County13
- Union County8
- Cumberland County8
- Wake County6
- Johnston County6
- Moore County5
- Rowan County5
- Bladen County5
- Columbus County5
- Lenoir County5
- Hoke County5
- Pender County5
- Stanly County5
- Polk County4
- Guilford County4
- Wayne County4
- Brunswick County4
- New Hanover County4
- Robeson County4
- Pitt County4
- Harnett County4
- Davidson County3
- Sampson County3
- Duplin County3
- Halifax County3
- Northampton County3
- Henderson County3
- Anson County3
- Buncombe County3
- Alamance County3
- Catawba County3
- Orange County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Forsyth County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Burke County2
- Rockingham County2
- Macon County2
- Chatham County2
38 more counties
- Scotland County2
- Iredell County2
- Stokes County2
- Gates County2
- Craven County2
- Nash County2
- Franklin County2
- Randolph County2
- Onslow County2
- Lee County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Cabarrus County1
- Lincoln County1
- Greene County1
- Wilson County1
- Pamlico County1
- Gaston County1
- Granville County1
- Durham County1
- Hyde County1
- Wilkes County1
- Caswell County1
- Surry County1
- Hertford County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Jackson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Richmond County1
- Rutherford County1
- Bertie County1
- Martin County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Jones County1
- Person County1
- Montgomery County1
- Alexander County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.