Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2011
158 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 158
- Busiest day
- August 21, 201131 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 4, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 68 min |
| Aug 11, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 10:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 19 min |
| Aug 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 84 min |
| Aug 14, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 19 min |
| Aug 18, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Wake | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 75 min |
| Aug 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 69 min |
| Aug 21, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Wake | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 67 min |
| Aug 29, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 66 min |
| Aug 29, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County13
- Gaston County11
- Wake County10
- Mecklenburg County9
- Catawba County9
- Iredell County9
- Burke County8
- Nash County8
- Surry County7
- Wilkes County7
- Union County7
- Lincoln County7
- Davie County7
- Rowan County7
- Robeson County7
- Richmond County6
- Yadkin County6
- Cleveland County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Wayne County6
- Polk County6
- Granville County6
- Cumberland County5
- Wilson County5
- Stokes County5
- Henderson County5
- Alexander County5
- Chatham County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Cherokee County4
- Montgomery County4
- Beaufort County4
- Hoke County4
- Sampson County4
- Caldwell County4
- Johnston County4
- Duplin County4
- Alamance County4
- Durham County4
- Harnett County4
46 more counties
- Bladen County4
- Columbus County4
- Graham County3
- Swain County3
- Clay County3
- Craven County3
- Alleghany County3
- Anson County3
- Onslow County3
- Greene County3
- Scotland County3
- Buncombe County3
- Rutherford County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Halifax County3
- Pitt County3
- Macon County2
- Davidson County2
- Caswell County2
- Moore County2
- Jones County2
- Madison County2
- Rockingham County2
- Orange County2
- Pamlico County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Jackson County1
- Stanly County1
- Ashe County1
- Watauga County1
- Avery County1
- Yancey County1
- Haywood County1
- Transylvania County1
- Northampton County1
- McDowell County1
- Lenoir County1
- Lee County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Person County1
- Bertie County1
- Martin County1
- Dare County1
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Sources
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