Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1994
76 tornado warnings in 1994. 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 1994. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 76
- Busiest month
- March28 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 28, 199417 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 10:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 5:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 6:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Randolph | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 7:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Gates | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Rowan | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 7:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 7:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander, Iredell | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Randolph | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 8:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alamance | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 9:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 2:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Duplin | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 37 min |
| May 1, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 23 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Pitt | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 11:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lenoir | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 11:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Beaufort | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Craven | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 14 min |
| Jun 28, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Craven | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Craven, Pamlico | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Onslow | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Davie | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davie, Forsyth, Yadkin | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 16 min |
| Aug 17, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander | 40 min |
| Sep 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 67 min |
| Sep 25, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 32 min |
| Sep 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Iredell County6
- Gaston County5
- Rutherford County4
- Davidson County4
- Cleveland County4
- Alexander County4
- Edgecombe County3
- Rowan County3
- Craven County3
- Jackson County2
- Transylvania County2
- Henderson County2
- Franklin County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Randolph County2
- Catawba County2
- Alamance County2
- Lenoir County2
- Harnett County2
- Johnston County2
- Martin County2
- Brunswick County2
- New Hanover County2
- Davie County2
- Caldwell County2
- Alleghany County2
- Halifax County1
- Polk County1
- Cherokee County1
- Graham County1
- Gates County1
- Guilford County1
- Macon County1
- Duplin County1
- Wilson County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Beaufort County1
- Pamlico County1
- Onslow 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.