Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2008
132 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 132
- Busiest day
- August 2, 200840 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Onslow | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry | 79 min |
| Aug 2, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange, Person | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 79 min |
| Aug 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 1:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Montgomery, Moore | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 15 min |
| Aug 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 91 min |
| Aug 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 6:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 19 min |
| Aug 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 59 min |
| Aug 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Richmond County9
- Wilkes County8
- Alamance County8
- Anson County8
- Rockingham County7
- Wayne County7
- Sampson County7
- Surry County6
- Orange County6
- Alexander County6
- Iredell County6
- Stokes County5
- Caswell County5
- Guilford County5
- Dare County5
- Robeson County5
- Chatham County5
- Wake County5
- Craven County4
- Ashe County4
- Yadkin County4
- Catawba County4
- Montgomery County4
- Duplin County4
- Beaufort County4
- Harnett County4
- Alleghany County3
- Randolph County3
- Johnston County3
- Cleveland County3
- Lincoln County3
- Rutherford County3
- Moore County3
- Scotland County3
- Bladen County3
- Columbus County3
- Hyde County3
- Lee County3
- Cumberland County3
- Durham County3
38 more counties
- Vance County3
- Franklin County3
- Nash County3
- Onslow County2
- Forsyth County2
- Cherokee County2
- Rowan County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Gaston County2
- Union County2
- McDowell County2
- Greene County2
- Jones County2
- Hoke County2
- Granville County2
- Warren County2
- Halifax County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Wilson County2
- Caldwell County2
- Carteret County1
- Person County1
- Davidson County1
- Davie County1
- Madison County1
- Henderson County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lenoir County1
- Pitt County1
- Pamlico County1
- Martin County1
- Washington County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Stanly County1
- Burke County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck 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.