Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1990
27 tornado warnings in 1990. 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 1990. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 27
- Busiest month
- May7 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 10, 19904 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 10, 8:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 29 min |
| Feb 10, 9:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 38 min |
| Feb 10, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Rowan | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 4:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 39 min |
| May 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 35 min |
| May 2, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Rowan | 54 min |
| May 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie | 63 min |
| May 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Chowan, Gates | 63 min |
| May 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Perquimans | 27 min |
| May 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alamance, Caswell | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pasquotank | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Jones, Onslow | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Onslow | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Currituck | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Beaufort, Pamlico | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 11:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Currituck | 68 min |
| Oct 23, 9:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 65 min |
| Oct 25, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Carteret | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carteret County4
- Rowan County3
- Davidson County2
- Onslow County2
- Currituck County2
- Cleveland County1
- Gaston County1
- Dare County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Granville County1
- Wake County1
- Franklin County1
- Vance County1
- Iredell County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Perquimans County1
- Union County1
- Alamance County1
- Caswell County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Jones County1
- Hyde County1
- Beaufort County1
- Pamlico County1
- Johnston 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. Rebuilt daily.