Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, March 2021
67 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 67
- Busiest day
- March 27, 202133 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 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 18 min |
| Mar 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and 1 more | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Franklin, Lee, Nash, Wake | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Randolph | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Sampson and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 70 min |
| Mar 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt | 81 min |
| Mar 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 69 min |
| Mar 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 76 min |
| Mar 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Johnston, Wake | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Randolph County9
- Chatham County8
- Moore County8
- Montgomery County7
- Alamance County6
- Wake County6
- Duplin County6
- Davidson County5
- Stanly County5
- Ashe County5
- Lee County5
- Nash County5
- Jones County5
- Guilford County4
- Watauga County4
- Wilkes County4
- Anson County4
- Richmond County4
- Harnett County4
- Franklin County4
- Craven County4
- Orange County3
- Cumberland County3
- Alleghany County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Johnston County3
- Sampson County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Wilson County3
- Pitt County3
- Lenoir County3
- Onslow County3
- Mecklenburg County2
- Halifax County2
- Avery County2
- Rockingham County2
- Hoke County2
- Rowan County2
- McDowell County2
29 more counties
- Surry County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Greene County2
- Bertie County2
- Caswell County1
- Northampton County1
- Buncombe County1
- Davie County1
- Iredell County1
- Forsyth County1
- Cleveland County1
- Rutherford County1
- Alexander County1
- Stokes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Durham County1
- Granville County1
- Wayne County1
- Bladen County1
- Dare County1
- Martin County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Beaufort County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Robeson County1
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Sources
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