Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2003
74 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 74
- Busiest day
- August 5, 200317 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 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 76 min |
| Aug 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 75 min |
| Aug 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 77 min |
| Aug 4, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 19 min |
| Aug 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockingham County5
- Surry County4
- Gaston County4
- Guilford County4
- Buncombe County3
- Henderson County3
- Iredell County3
- Pender County3
- Currituck County3
- Cleveland County3
- Johnston County3
- Robeson County3
- Haywood County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Lincoln County2
- Stokes County2
- Caswell County2
- Nash County2
- Carteret County2
- Onslow County2
- Madison County1
- Forsyth County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Richmond County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Davidson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Union County1
- Northampton County1
- Davie County1
- Craven County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
- Sampson County1
- Durham County1
- Wake 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.