Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2002
45 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 45
- Busiest day
- August 24, 200210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County4
- Columbus County3
- Pender County3
- Gaston County2
- Stokes County2
- Catawba County2
- Rockingham County2
- Onslow County2
- Iredell County2
- Bladen County2
- Harnett County1
- Wilkes County1
- Caswell County1
- Henderson County1
- Clay County1
- Wake County1
- Scotland County1
- Pitt County1
- Dare County1
- Sampson County1
- Lenoir County1
- Beaufort County1
- Jones County1
- Hyde County1
- Currituck County1
- Rutherford County1
- Rowan County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Union County1
- Craven County1
- Robeson County1
- New Hanover County1
- Brunswick County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Buncombe 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.