Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, April 2012
71 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2012. 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 71
- Busiest day
- April 26, 201223 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 31, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Yancey | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Yancey | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 82 min |
| Apr 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Swain | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon | 81 min |
| Apr 26, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 71 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 70 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 74 min |
| Apr 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 73 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 75 min |
| Apr 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buncombe County12
- Transylvania County10
- Jackson County9
- Yancey County8
- Swain County8
- Macon County8
- Columbus County8
- Haywood County7
- McDowell County7
- Henderson County6
- Avery County6
- Mitchell County6
- Graham County5
- Cherokee County5
- Polk County4
- Rutherford County4
- Wilkes County3
- Madison County3
- Burke County3
- Ashe County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Caldwell County3
- Clay County3
- Robeson County3
- Brunswick County3
- Wake County2
- Alleghany County2
- Union County2
- Wilson County2
- Watauga County2
- Chatham County1
- Durham County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Halifax County1
- Davie County1
- Iredell County1
- Bladen 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.