Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, March 2012
104 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 104
- Busiest day
- March 24, 201242 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 11:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 7:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 4:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 6:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 8:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Mitchell | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 39 min |
| Mar 17, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 15 min |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 56 min |
| Mar 20, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 39 min |
| Mar 20, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 57 min |
| Mar 24, 7:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 95 min |
| Mar 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 87 min |
| Mar 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 83 min |
| Mar 24, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 97 min |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 84 min |
| Mar 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 81 min |
| Mar 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Randolph | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 3:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 3:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 68 min |
| Mar 25, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones, Onslow | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 19 min |
| Mar 25, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County10
- Surry County7
- Rowan County6
- Randolph County6
- Columbus County6
- Buncombe County5
- Iredell County5
- Burke County5
- Mitchell County5
- Davidson County5
- Wayne County5
- Davie County4
- Yancey County4
- Chatham County4
- Durham County4
- Orange County4
- Robeson County4
- Beaufort County4
- Caswell County4
- Forsyth County4
- Guilford County4
- Alleghany County4
- Jones County4
- Onslow County4
- Haywood County3
- Wake County3
- Transylvania County3
- Franklin County3
- Craven County3
- Bladen County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Stokes County3
- Sampson County3
- Duplin County3
- Avery County2
- Granville County2
- Cherokee County2
- McDowell County2
- Henderson County2
- Polk County2
40 more counties
- Pitt County2
- Rockingham County2
- Ashe County2
- Brunswick County2
- Wilkes County2
- Catawba County2
- Gaston County2
- Lincoln County2
- Yadkin County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Montgomery County2
- Alamance County2
- Harnett County2
- Lee County2
- Moore County2
- Pender County2
- Pamlico County2
- Cumberland County2
- Lenoir County2
- Swain County1
- Caldwell County1
- Watauga County1
- Rutherford County1
- Hoke County1
- Nash County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Wilson County1
- Stanly County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Person County1
- Vance County1
- Carteret County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Martin 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.