Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, August 2021
136 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 136
- Busiest day
- August 1, 202129 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 17 min |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 10 min |
| Aug 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 14 min |
| Aug 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 68 min |
| Aug 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 19 min |
| Aug 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 19 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Rowan | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Moore, Orange and 1 more | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 16 min |
| Aug 26, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell and 2 more | 49 min |
| Aug 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burke County13
- Wilkes County12
- Surry County12
- Rutherford County10
- Iredell County9
- Wake County8
- Stokes County8
- Yadkin County8
- Pasquotank County7
- Alleghany County7
- McDowell County7
- Rowan County7
- Camden County6
- Currituck County6
- Johnston County6
- Chatham County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Catawba County6
- Davie County5
- Durham County5
- Perquimans County5
- Wayne County5
- Richmond County5
- Watauga County5
- Henderson County5
- Montgomery County5
- Union County5
- Forsyth County4
- Randolph County4
- Alamance County4
- Gates County4
- Chowan County4
- Beaufort County4
- Anson County4
- Ashe County4
- Caldwell County4
- Buncombe County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Cleveland County4
- Lincoln County4
52 more counties
- Moore County4
- Davidson County3
- Bertie County3
- Hertford County3
- Dare County3
- Wilson County3
- Pitt County3
- Craven County3
- Jones County3
- Hyde County3
- Robeson County3
- Rockingham County3
- Polk County3
- Stanly County3
- New Hanover County3
- Orange County2
- Nash County2
- Martin County2
- Lenoir County2
- Pamlico County2
- Hoke County2
- Scotland County2
- Columbus County2
- Pender County2
- Transylvania County2
- Madison County2
- Yancey County2
- Avery County2
- Alexander County2
- Cherokee County2
- Granville County2
- Harnett County2
- Brunswick County2
- Northampton County2
- Guilford County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Sampson County1
- Duplin County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Carteret County1
- Bladen County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Clay County1
- Franklin County1
- Caswell County1
- Cumberland County1
- Greene County1
- Lee County1
- Gaston County1
- Mitchell County1
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Sources
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