Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1996
85 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 85
- Busiest month
- April24 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 15, 199616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 12 min |
| Apr 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 39 min |
| May 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 33 min |
| May 29, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 10:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 1:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 12:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 9:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 9:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 9:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Northampton | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 1:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 18 min |
| Sep 6, 1:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 11:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 11:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 12:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Pitt | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 3:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 3:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 3:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 3:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 8:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 38 min |
| Oct 8, 6:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 53 min |
| Oct 8, 7:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 8:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 38 min |
| Oct 8, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 9:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 7:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 24 min |
| Nov 8, 7:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 1:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 37 min |
| Dec 7, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 39 min |
| Dec 7, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Dec 7, 5:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 16 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bladen County5
- Harnett County4
- Lenoir County4
- Pitt County4
- Wake County4
- Northampton County4
- Brunswick County4
- Sampson County3
- Pender County3
- Duplin County3
- Dare County3
- Union County3
- Johnston County3
- Craven County3
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Gaston County2
- Jones County2
- Gates County2
- Carteret County2
- Wayne County2
- Robeson County2
- Caswell County2
- Bertie County2
- Beaufort County2
- Buncombe County1
- Cumberland County1
- Greene County1
- Nash County1
- Haywood County1
- Lincoln County1
- Forsyth County1
- Catawba County1
- Iredell County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Rowan County1
- Wilson County1
- Chowan County1
- Perquimans County1
- Rockingham 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.