Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 1997
50 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1997. 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 50
- Busiest day
- August 5, 199714 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Onslow | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County4
- Onslow County4
- Craven County3
- Beaufort County3
- Washington County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Pender County2
- Cleveland County2
- Warren County2
- Duplin County2
- Jones County2
- Lenoir County2
- Carteret County2
- Pamlico County2
- Greene County2
- Pitt County2
- Columbus County1
- Rutherford County1
- Halifax County1
- Johnston County1
- Currituck County1
- Bladen County1
- Avery County1
- Watauga County1
- New Hanover County1
- Granville County1
- Vance County1
- Franklin County1
- Chatham County1
- Wake County1
- Sampson County1
- Guilford County1
- Gaston County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Union County1
- Stanly County1
- Anson 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.