Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2012
35 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- July15 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 1, 20123 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chatham and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbus, Robeson | 6 hr |
| May 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Bertie, Burke, Caldwell, Caswell and 34 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 44 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret and 41 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret and 51 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Columbus and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 23 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 53 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bertie, Camden and 41 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 44 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edgecombe County15
- Johnston County15
- Wake County15
- Wayne County15
- Wilson County15
- Chatham County14
- Franklin County14
- Nash County14
- Cumberland County13
- Durham County13
- Granville County13
- Moore County13
- Robeson County13
- Sampson County13
- Bladen County12
- Halifax County12
- Harnett County12
- Hoke County12
- Lee County12
- Richmond County12
- Scotland County12
- Vance County12
- Warren County12
- Orange County12
- Montgomery County11
- Alamance County11
- Columbus County11
- Beaufort County11
- Craven County11
- Greene County11
- Jones County11
- Lenoir County11
- Pamlico County11
- Pitt County11
- Anson County10
- Davidson County10
- Forsyth County10
- Guilford County10
- Person County10
- Randolph County10
60 more counties
- Bertie County10
- Chowan County10
- Dare County10
- Duplin County10
- Gates County10
- Hertford County10
- Hyde County10
- Martin County10
- Northampton County10
- Perquimans County10
- Tyrrell County10
- Washington County10
- Pender County10
- Caswell County9
- Catawba County9
- Cleveland County9
- Gaston County9
- Iredell County9
- Rockingham County9
- Rutherford County9
- Stanly County9
- Stokes County9
- Surry County9
- Yadkin County9
- Camden County9
- Currituck County9
- Pasquotank County9
- Brunswick County9
- New Hanover County9
- Onslow County9
- Alexander County8
- Davie County8
- Lincoln County8
- Mecklenburg County8
- Polk County8
- Rowan County8
- Wilkes County8
- Carteret County8
- Alleghany County7
- Ashe County7
- Burke County7
- Cabarrus County7
- Caldwell County7
- McDowell County7
- Union County7
- Watauga County7
- Cherokee County5
- Buncombe County5
- Henderson County5
- Transylvania County5
- Avery County4
- Graham County4
- Haywood County4
- Jackson County4
- Macon County4
- Madison County4
- Swain County4
- Clay County4
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
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.