Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, March 2002
35 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 35
- Busiest day
- March 31, 200223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 19 min |
| Mar 16, 10:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 11:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 63 min |
| Mar 17, 8:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Swain | 36 min |
| Mar 17, 8:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 9:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Robeson County7
- Cumberland County4
- Wake County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County2
- Bladen County2
- Chatham County2
- Wayne County2
- Davidson County1
- Rutherford County1
- Cleveland County1
- Richmond County1
- Haywood County1
- Swain County1
- Jackson County1
- Buncombe County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Johnston County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Rowan County1
- Stanly County1
- Montgomery County1
- Anson County1
- Lee 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.