Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2021
14 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- March4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20212 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 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Cumberland and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 9:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee and 7 more | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Chatham, Craven, Cumberland, Davidson and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford and 6 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edgecombe County6
- Harnett County6
- Nash County6
- Beaufort County6
- Craven County6
- Cumberland County6
- Duplin County6
- Jones County6
- Lenoir County6
- Onslow County6
- Pamlico County6
- Sampson County6
- Franklin County5
- Johnston County5
- Wayne County5
- Wilson County5
- Greene County5
- Hoke County5
- Martin County5
- Pitt County5
- Tyrrell County5
- Washington County5
- Alamance County4
- Caswell County4
- Durham County4
- Guilford County4
- Halifax County4
- Lee County4
- Moore County4
- Orange County4
- Person County4
- Rockingham County4
- Stokes County4
- Wake County4
- Hyde County4
- Scotland County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Gates County4
- Pasquotank County4
42 more counties
- Perquimans County4
- Chatham County3
- Davidson County3
- Forsyth County3
- Granville County3
- Montgomery County3
- Randolph County3
- Vance County3
- Warren County3
- Bertie County3
- Currituck County3
- Hertford County3
- Northampton County3
- Bladen County3
- Robeson County3
- Carteret County3
- Dare County3
- Stanly County2
- Surry County2
- Anson County2
- Richmond County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Graham County2
- Macon County2
- Swain County2
- Brunswick County2
- Columbus County2
- New Hanover County2
- Pender County2
- Alexander County1
- Alleghany County1
- Burke County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Davie County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Rowan County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
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.