Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2018
125 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 125
- Busiest day
- August 8, 201841 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Wake | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Orange and 1 more | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Swain | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 81 min |
| Aug 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 76 min |
| Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 70 min |
| Aug 11, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Jones, Onslow | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 1 more | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 54 min |
| Aug 30, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 20 min |
| Aug 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harnett County14
- Chatham County14
- Wake County14
- Johnston County10
- Durham County10
- Randolph County10
- Rockingham County9
- Stokes County8
- Surry County8
- Lee County8
- Sampson County7
- Montgomery County7
- Moore County7
- Catawba County7
- Lincoln County7
- Cumberland County6
- Orange County6
- Granville County6
- Forsyth County6
- Guilford County6
- Wilkes County6
- Yadkin County6
- Alexander County6
- Burke County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Rowan County6
- Franklin County5
- Davidson County5
- Cabarrus County5
- Wayne County5
- Gaston County5
- Vance County4
- Caswell County4
- Cleveland County4
- Hoke County4
- Anson County3
- Richmond County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Wilson County3
- Caldwell County3
34 more counties
- Jackson County3
- McDowell County3
- Alamance County3
- Union County3
- Buncombe County3
- Iredell County3
- Stanly County3
- Nash County2
- Transylvania County2
- Rutherford County2
- Madison County2
- Yancey County2
- Halifax County2
- Davie County2
- Bladen County1
- Robeson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Person County1
- Warren County1
- Henderson County1
- Polk County1
- Cherokee County1
- Swain County1
- Macon County1
- Scotland County1
- Carteret County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Beaufort County1
- Hyde County1
- Pamlico County1
- Dare County1
- Mitchell County1
- Ashe County1
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Sources
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