Alert archive / North Carolina
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina
3,055 tornado warnings since 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 3,055
- Busiest year
- 2011224 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 75over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Craven County122
- Brunswick County119
- Carteret County118
- Beaufort County112
- Onslow County108
- Columbus County107
- Pitt County100
- Jones County94
- Bladen County93
- Sampson County89
- Johnston County88
- Pender County84
- Bertie County83
- Wake County83
- Hyde County81
- Rockingham County80
- Duplin County78
- Pasquotank County78
- New Hanover County77
- Nash County77
- Dare County74
- Wayne County74
- Camden County74
- Cleveland County73
- Gates County72
- Hertford County72
- Mecklenburg County72
- Franklin County72
- Lenoir County70
- Harnett County68
- Granville County68
- Wilson County67
- Martin County66
- Iredell County66
- Currituck County63
- Robeson County63
- Gaston County63
- Edgecombe County63
- Cumberland County62
- Chowan County61
60 more counties
- Caswell County61
- Orange County57
- Catawba County57
- Durham County57
- Chatham County56
- Halifax County56
- Washington County56
- Perquimans County55
- Rowan County55
- Surry County55
- Northampton County54
- Rutherford County54
- Person County54
- Cabarrus County53
- Warren County52
- Lincoln County51
- Greene County49
- Alamance County48
- Davidson County48
- Guilford County46
- Vance County46
- Forsyth County45
- Burke County45
- Pamlico County44
- Moore County43
- Randolph County43
- Alexander County42
- Tyrrell County42
- Union County40
- Stokes County40
- Yadkin County40
- Wilkes County38
- Lee County37
- Montgomery County36
- Caldwell County33
- Hoke County31
- Stanly County27
- Cherokee County27
- McDowell County25
- Davie County23
- Scotland County22
- Richmond County22
- Polk County21
- Transylvania County21
- Henderson County20
- Anson County16
- Clay County16
- Macon County16
- Buncombe County15
- Jackson County14
- Alleghany County14
- Ashe County14
- Haywood County10
- Yancey County8
- Avery County8
- Graham County7
- Swain County7
- Mitchell County5
- Watauga County4
- Madison County3
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 10:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans | 18 min |
| Jul 28, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 21 min |
| Jul 28, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 min |
| Jul 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 49 min |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.