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Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1986

29 tornado warnings in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
29
Busiest month
June11 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 28, 19865 tornado warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 1:40 PM ESTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover50 min
May 19, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland65 min
May 21, 11:55 AM EDTTornado WarningILMDuplin60 min
May 21, 11:55 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHWayne60 min
Jun 8, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare42 min
Jun 14, 5:50 PM EDTTornado WarningILMPamlico70 min
Jun 14, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBeaufort60 min
Jun 20, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Hyde66 min
Jun 20, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Hyde53 min
Jun 24, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare48 min
Jun 28, 4:04 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett31 min
Jun 28, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan68 min
Jun 28, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPasquotank64 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHPitt62 min
Jun 28, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare69 min
Jul 1, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett37 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett25 min
Jul 2, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan, Perquimans69 min
Jul 2, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCurrituck67 min
Jul 2, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare55 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Hyde56 min
Jul 2, 8:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Hyde62 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILMRobeson60 min
Jul 22, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningILMOnslow50 min
Aug 12, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare58 min
Aug 20, 12:57 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wilson63 min
Aug 20, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHGreene, Wayne62 min
Aug 20, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBertie50 min
Aug 27, 3:04 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHOrange41 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 28, 19865tornado warnings
  2. July 2, 19864tornado warnings
  3. August 20, 19863tornado warnings
  4. May 21, 19862tornado warnings
  5. June 14, 19862tornado warnings
  6. June 20, 19862tornado warnings
  7. July 1, 19862tornado warnings
  8. April 8, 19861tornado warnings
  9. May 19, 19861tornado warnings
  10. June 8, 19861tornado warnings
  11. June 24, 19861tornado warnings
  12. July 3, 19861tornado warnings

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.