Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1995
66 tornado warnings in 1995. 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 1995. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 66
- Busiest month
- May25 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 5, 19959 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 6, 11:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 65 min |
| Jan 7, 12:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| Jan 7, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 54 min |
| Jan 7, 1:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 2:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 6:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 20 min |
| May 1, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 46 min |
| May 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 64 min |
| May 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 68 min |
| May 1, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| May 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 48 min |
| May 2, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 40 min |
| May 2, 4:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 44 min |
| May 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davie | 14 min |
| May 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 20 min |
| May 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 15 min |
| May 10, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 19 min |
| May 11, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rowan | 10 min |
| May 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 29 min |
| May 11, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Graham | 43 min |
| May 19, 6:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| May 19, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 19, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Pitt | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 6:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 6:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 7:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 19 min |
| Oct 5, 8:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 38 min |
| Oct 5, 8:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 9:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 12:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 19 min |
| Oct 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 39 min |
| Oct 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 27 min |
| Oct 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 28 min |
| Oct 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 9 min |
| Oct 28, 2:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 31 min |
| Nov 7, 4:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 41 min |
| Nov 7, 5:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 5:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 58 min |
| Nov 7, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wayne County4
- Sampson County3
- Chatham County3
- Northampton County3
- Wake County3
- Brunswick County3
- New Hanover County3
- Robeson County3
- Beaufort County2
- Durham County2
- Granville County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Anson County2
- Rowan County2
- Person County2
- Moore County2
- Carteret County2
- Vance County2
- Cumberland County1
- Hoke County1
- Dare County1
- Hertford County1
- Columbus County1
- Gaston County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Union County1
- Hyde County1
- Davie County1
- Catawba County1
- Forsyth County1
- Iredell County1
- Davidson County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Randolph County1
- Graham County1
- Lenoir County1
- Craven County1
- Pitt County1
- Halifax County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.