Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2012
113 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
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- August 2, 201229 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 12 min |
| Aug 1, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Wilkes | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Rowan | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 19 min |
| Aug 2, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 22 min |
| Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Randolph | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 69 min |
| Aug 9, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 69 min |
| Aug 11, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 8:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 9:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 9:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County10
- Franklin County9
- Iredell County8
- Cherokee County7
- Johnston County7
- Nash County7
- McDowell County7
- Wake County6
- Rowan County6
- Moore County6
- Richmond County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Halifax County6
- Warren County6
- Wilson County5
- Catawba County5
- Rockingham County5
- Alexander County4
- Caldwell County4
- Stokes County4
- Scotland County4
- Rutherford County4
- Buncombe County4
- Henderson County4
- Union County4
- Granville County4
- Vance County4
- Edgecombe County3
- Wilkes County3
- Surry County3
- Hoke County3
- Wayne County3
- Burke County3
- Bladen County3
- Montgomery County3
- Cleveland County3
- Polk County3
- Northampton County3
- Clay County2
- Watauga County2
46 more counties
- Ashe County2
- Greene County2
- Pitt County2
- Cumberland County2
- Transylvania County2
- Pender County2
- Sampson County2
- Gaston County2
- Caswell County2
- Guilford County2
- Alamance County2
- Harnett County2
- Lee County2
- Stanly County2
- Haywood County2
- Yancey County2
- Mitchell County2
- Gates County2
- Perquimans County2
- Carteret County2
- Hertford County2
- Alleghany County1
- Duplin County1
- Lenoir County1
- Brunswick County1
- New Hanover County1
- Lincoln County1
- Yadkin County1
- Chatham County1
- Randolph County1
- Jackson County1
- Swain County1
- Madison County1
- Avery County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Columbus County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Craven County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan 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.