Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1987
13 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- June3 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 4, 19873 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Gates, Hertford | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie, Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Chowan | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 1:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Orange | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 15 min |
| Aug 28, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Sep 13, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 57 min |
| Sep 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 58 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.
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.