Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2002
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- May17 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20025 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 26, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Burke, Cabarrus and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Duplin, Edgecombe and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 52 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Caswell, Durham, Forsyth, Granville and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Caswell, Durham, Forsyth, Granville and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck and 27 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Gaston and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person, Rockingham, Stokes and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Gaston, Iredell and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 17 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 39 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Scotland | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell and 39 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus, Craven and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell and 32 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yadkin County11
- Alleghany County10
- Forsyth County10
- Surry County10
- Ashe County9
- Guilford County9
- Rockingham County9
- Stokes County9
- Wilkes County9
- Martin County9
- Caswell County9
- Burke County8
- Caldwell County8
- Catawba County8
- Cleveland County8
- Iredell County8
- Pitt County8
- Washington County8
- Alamance County8
- Granville County8
- Person County8
- Avery County8
- Watauga County8
- Davidson County7
- Davie County7
- Randolph County7
- Rutherford County7
- Chowan County7
- Duplin County7
- Greene County7
- Lenoir County7
- Sampson County7
- Vance County7
- Orange County7
- Buncombe County7
- McDowell County7
- Madison County7
- Mitchell County7
- Yancey County7
- Alexander County6
60 more counties
- Cabarrus County6
- Gaston County6
- Lincoln County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Rowan County6
- Bertie County6
- Camden County6
- Currituck County6
- Edgecombe County6
- Gates County6
- Hertford County6
- Northampton County6
- Pasquotank County6
- Perquimans County6
- Warren County6
- Wayne County6
- Beaufort County6
- Bladen County6
- Columbus County6
- Craven County6
- Jones County6
- Onslow County6
- Pender County6
- Durham County6
- Haywood County6
- Stanly County5
- Franklin County5
- Halifax County5
- Nash County5
- Wilson County5
- Scotland County5
- Brunswick County5
- New Hanover County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Henderson County5
- Jackson County5
- Macon County5
- Transylvania County5
- Polk County5
- Montgomery County4
- Johnston County4
- Cumberland County4
- Hoke County4
- Pamlico County4
- Robeson County4
- Dare County4
- Hyde County4
- Wake County4
- Swain County4
- Cherokee County4
- Anson County3
- Union County3
- Richmond County3
- Harnett County3
- Clay County3
- Graham County3
- Carteret County2
- Chatham County2
- Lee County2
- Moore County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.