Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2016
45 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 45
- Busiest day
- August 27, 201615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 77 min |
| Aug 27, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County5
- Jones County4
- McDowell County4
- Rowan County4
- Wake County3
- Rockingham County3
- Onslow County3
- Cleveland County3
- Lincoln County3
- Rutherford County3
- Gaston County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Iredell County3
- Craven County3
- Chatham County2
- Durham County2
- Davidson County2
- Randolph County2
- Harnett County2
- Lee County2
- Stokes County2
- Burke County2
- Henderson County2
- Polk County2
- Madison County2
- Avery County2
- Buncombe County2
- Moore County2
- Stanly County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Guilford County2
- Alamance County1
- Orange County1
- Johnston County1
- Yadkin County1
- Catawba County1
- Caldwell County1
- Haywood County1
- Transylvania 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.