Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2009
122 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 122
- Busiest day
- August 5, 200953 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain | 68 min |
| Aug 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Yancey | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Richmond | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 14 min |
| Aug 5, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 2 more | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 73 min |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 78 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Randolph | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 22 min |
| Aug 5, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 71 min |
| Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 74 min |
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Wake, Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Richmond | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Perquimans | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 22 min |
| Aug 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Stanly | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 4:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Granville County8
- Sampson County7
- Wake County7
- Lee County7
- Richmond County7
- Moore County7
- Johnston County7
- Harnett County6
- Randolph County6
- Craven County5
- Hoke County5
- Rutherford County5
- Chatham County5
- Scotland County5
- Surry County5
- Jones County5
- Duplin County5
- Gaston County5
- Vance County5
- Wayne County4
- Franklin County4
- Polk County4
- Buncombe County4
- Catawba County4
- Lincoln County4
- Wilkes County4
- Stokes County4
- Onslow County4
- Guilford County4
- Stanly County4
- Person County4
- Beaufort County3
- Pamlico County3
- Lenoir County3
- Henderson County3
- McDowell County3
- Yancey County3
- Macon County3
- Transylvania County3
- Nash County3
48 more counties
- Wilson County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Cleveland County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Rowan County3
- Davidson County3
- Northampton County3
- Anson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Durham County3
- Greene County2
- Martin County2
- Pitt County2
- Washington County2
- Columbus County2
- Cumberland County2
- Jackson County2
- Madison County2
- Swain County2
- Ashe County2
- Avery County2
- Mitchell County2
- Alexander County2
- Alleghany County2
- Iredell County2
- Yadkin County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Caswell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Dare County2
- Hyde County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Orange County2
- Warren County2
- Halifax County2
- Haywood County1
- Watauga County1
- Davie County1
- Gates County1
- Union County1
- Alamance County1
- Currituck County1
- Bertie County1
- Perquimans County1
- Graham County1
- Forsyth 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.