Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1989
62 tornado warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 62
- Busiest month
- May22 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 6, 198912 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 10:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 10:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 62 min |
| Feb 21, 11:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 11:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 69 min |
| Feb 21, 11:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 63 min |
| Feb 21, 12:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 12:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Northampton | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 1:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie, Martin | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 7:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 5:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Pitt | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Pitt | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Pitt | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Scotland | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 66 min |
| May 5, 4:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| May 5, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland | 51 min |
| May 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander, Wilkes | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anson, Cabarrus, Stanly, Union | 64 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth, Stokes | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 53 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 53 min |
| May 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie | 37 min |
| May 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pasquotank | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Sampson | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 2:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Camden, Currituck | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 60 min |
| Sep 22, 9:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 63 min |
| Sep 23, 11:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 8:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Forsyth County5
- Pitt County4
- Union County4
- Edgecombe County3
- Rockingham County3
- Moore County2
- Cumberland County2
- Johnston County2
- Lenoir County2
- Bertie County2
- Carteret County2
- Rutherford County2
- Cleveland County2
- Gaston County2
- Pender County2
- Caswell County2
- Caldwell County2
- Davie County2
- Rowan County2
- Davidson County2
- Guilford County2
- Randolph County2
- Chatham County1
- Lee County1
- Nash County1
- Wilson County1
- Wayne County1
- Greene County1
- Halifax County1
- Northampton County1
- Martin County1
- Polk County1
- New Hanover County1
- Wake County1
- Franklin County1
- Surry County1
- Scotland County1
- Hoke County1
- Catawba County1
- Durham County1
20 more counties
- Granville County1
- Iredell County1
- Alexander County1
- Wilkes County1
- Anson County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Stanly County1
- Yadkin County1
- Stokes County1
- Alamance County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Sampson County1
- Dare County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Burke County1
- Brunswick County1
- Jackson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Henderson County1
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.