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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange41 min
Jul 31, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Randolph49 min
Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake36 min
Jul 31, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham, Stokes16 min
Aug 1, 12:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKYadkin54 min
Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones, Onslow40 min
Aug 2, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln46 min
Aug 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Rutherford48 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake37 min
Aug 14, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison25 min
Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg19 min
Aug 17, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Caldwell41 min
Aug 17, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania38 min
Aug 17, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell52 min
Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham, Stokes62 min
Aug 17, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk42 min
Aug 17, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan41 min
Aug 17, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell49 min
Aug 17, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax31 min
Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg56 min
Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg67 min
Aug 17, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell, Rockingham65 min
Aug 17, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan38 min
Aug 18, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Onslow42 min
Aug 18, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico45 min
Aug 19, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones27 min
Aug 21, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Lee, Moore44 min
Aug 21, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash66 min
Aug 26, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion51 min
Aug 27, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake35 min
Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan47 min
Aug 27, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan51 min
Aug 27, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Stanly58 min
Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell, Rutherford38 min
Aug 27, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey43 min
Aug 27, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford49 min
Aug 27, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Stanly77 min
Aug 27, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg45 min
Aug 27, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth59 min
Aug 27, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey42 min
Aug 27, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford47 min
Aug 27, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph31 min
Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMadison50 min
Aug 27, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore, Scotland46 min
Aug 28, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSwain31 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.