Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, February 2016
51 severe thunderstorm warnings in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 51
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201637 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 12:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 3, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 15 min |
| Feb 3, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 6:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Nash, Vance | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 6:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pitt | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 8:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 11:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 12:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan and 1 more | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 12:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 12:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 9 min |
| Feb 24, 12:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 1:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 1:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 1:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 69 min |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County5
- Rowan County5
- Granville County5
- Wake County5
- Rockingham County5
- Cabarrus County4
- Randolph County4
- Franklin County4
- Vance County4
- Hyde County4
- Davie County4
- Durham County4
- Union County3
- Davidson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Stanly County3
- Wilson County3
- Craven County3
- Dare County3
- Iredell County3
- Yadkin County3
- Guilford County3
- Anson County3
- Richmond County3
- Caswell County3
- Hertford County3
- Moore County2
- Johnston County2
- Wayne County2
- Greene County2
- Lenoir County2
- Beaufort County2
- Martin County2
- Pitt County2
- Catawba County2
- Lincoln County2
- Gaston County2
- Stokes County2
- Sampson County2
- Forsyth County2
28 more counties
- Edgecombe County2
- Gates County2
- Chatham County2
- Robeson County2
- Warren County2
- Northampton County2
- Nash County1
- Duplin County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Carteret County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Alexander County1
- Burke County1
- Caldwell County1
- Cleveland County1
- Bladen County1
- Columbus County1
- Wilkes County1
- Surry County1
- Bertie County1
- Alamance County1
- Chowan County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Harnett County1
- Pamlico County1
- Washington County1
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Sources
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