Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2000
40 severe thunderstorm watches in 2000. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- May16 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20004 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 4, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Scotland | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chatham and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Hyde and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 6 hr |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 40 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Union | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Caswell and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Davidson, Gaston, Lincoln and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bladen, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Graham, Swain | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harnett County14
- Chatham County13
- Cumberland County13
- Durham County13
- Hoke County13
- Lee County13
- Montgomery County13
- Moore County13
- Richmond County13
- Johnston County12
- Wake County12
- Alamance County11
- Franklin County11
- Granville County11
- Nash County11
- Orange County11
- Wayne County11
- Scotland County11
- Davidson County11
- Mecklenburg County11
- Stanly County11
- Columbus County10
- Pender County10
- Bertie County10
- Caswell County10
- Edgecombe County10
- Person County10
- Sampson County10
- Bladen County10
- Robeson County10
- Anson County10
- Randolph County10
- Union County10
- Brunswick County9
- Beaufort County9
- Craven County9
- Greene County9
- Halifax County9
- Jones County9
- Lenoir County9
60 more counties
- Martin County9
- Northampton County9
- Pitt County9
- Washington County9
- Wilson County9
- Onslow County9
- Cabarrus County9
- Cleveland County9
- Gaston County9
- Guilford County9
- Lincoln County9
- Rutherford County9
- Cherokee County9
- Henderson County9
- Transylvania County9
- Camden County8
- Chowan County8
- Gates County8
- Hertford County8
- Pasquotank County8
- Perquimans County8
- Vance County8
- Duplin County8
- Pamlico County8
- Burke County8
- Catawba County8
- Polk County8
- Rockingham County8
- Rowan County8
- Buncombe County8
- Graham County8
- Haywood County8
- Jackson County8
- Swain County8
- Hyde County8
- Tyrrell County8
- Currituck County7
- Warren County7
- New Hanover County7
- Alexander County7
- Davie County7
- Forsyth County7
- Iredell County7
- Stokes County7
- Surry County7
- Wilkes County7
- Yadkin County7
- Clay County7
- McDowell County7
- Macon County7
- Madison County7
- Carteret County7
- Caldwell County6
- Yancey County6
- Alleghany County5
- Avery County5
- Mitchell County5
- Watauga County5
- Dare County5
- Ashe County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.