Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, March 2017
55 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 55
- Busiest day
- March 31, 201714 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 75 min |
| Mar 1, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 58 min |
| Mar 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Mar 21, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 53 min |
| Mar 21, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 66 min |
| Mar 21, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 51 min |
| Mar 21, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 60 min |
| Mar 21, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Northampton | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 9:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 67 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Northampton County7
- Gates County7
- Gaston County6
- Hertford County6
- Cabarrus County5
- Cleveland County4
- Rowan County4
- Lincoln County4
- Randolph County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Robeson County4
- Bertie County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Iredell County3
- Stanly County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Perquimans County3
- Graham County2
- Swain County2
- Cherokee County2
- Caldwell County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Davidson County2
- Guilford County2
- Chatham County2
- Montgomery County2
- Union County2
- Bladen County2
- Henderson County2
- Clay County2
- Transylvania County2
- Surry County2
- Craven County2
- Jones County2
- Halifax County2
- Currituck County2
- Burke County1
- Catawba County1
30 more counties
- McDowell County1
- Davie County1
- Forsyth County1
- Alamance County1
- Orange County1
- Moore County1
- Wake County1
- Anson County1
- Richmond County1
- Pender County1
- Macon County1
- Buncombe County1
- Haywood County1
- Alleghany County1
- Ashe County1
- Wilkes County1
- Alexander County1
- Stokes County1
- Jackson County1
- Lenoir County1
- Onslow County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
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Sources
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