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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHSampson34 min
Mar 16, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPBuncombe30 min
Apr 15, 10:54 AM EDTTornado WarningILMPender31 min
Apr 15, 11:26 AM EDTTornado WarningILMPender64 min
Apr 15, 1:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland32 min
Apr 15, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett28 min
Apr 15, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin27 min
Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXLenoir34 min
Apr 15, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin12 min
Apr 15, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXLenoir41 min
Apr 15, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXGreene, Pitt38 min
Apr 15, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake29 min
Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin38 min
Apr 15, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett29 min
Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake34 min
Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin40 min
Apr 15, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHNash59 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHalifax45 min
Apr 15, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHalifax16 min
Apr 15, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton43 min
Apr 20, 12:20 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPHaywood40 min
Apr 20, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln36 min
Apr 20, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHForsyth27 min
Apr 26, 10:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXJones25 min
Apr 26, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXJones40 min
Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare39 min
May 11, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen47 min
May 24, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen39 min
May 27, 11:08 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell52 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston49 min
May 29, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg43 min
May 29, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion49 min
May 29, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPRowan35 min
May 29, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion33 min
May 29, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston40 min
May 29, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake32 min
May 29, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXLenoir44 min
Jun 24, 10:06 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGates39 min
Jun 25, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin35 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton33 min
Jul 12, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWilson29 min
Jul 12, 1:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake25 min
Jul 12, 1:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan, Perquimans29 min
Jul 12, 2:20 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton35 min
Jul 12, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret36 min
Jul 12, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven31 min
Jul 12, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXPitt44 min
Jul 15, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne31 min
Jul 22, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningILMRobeson45 min
Jul 25, 12:52 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCaswell28 min
Jul 25, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKRockingham32 min
Jul 25, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion26 min
Jul 25, 6:51 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett39 min
Jul 25, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCaswell45 min
Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett35 min
Jul 25, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston42 min
Jul 25, 8:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHPerson26 min
Jul 28, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow28 min
Aug 4, 9:23 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick52 min
Aug 4, 9:28 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick47 min
Aug 4, 9:38 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick37 min
Sep 5, 11:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Northampton47 min
Sep 6, 1:22 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGates33 min
Sep 6, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQPasquotank18 min
Sep 6, 1:52 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell38 min
Sep 16, 11:23 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWayne37 min
Sep 16, 11:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXLenoir29 min
Sep 17, 12:20 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Pitt40 min
Sep 17, 12:50 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort40 min
Sep 17, 3:18 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXPitt42 min
Sep 17, 3:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare25 min
Sep 17, 3:41 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin34 min
Sep 17, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie35 min
Sep 17, 8:07 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret38 min
Oct 8, 6:52 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick53 min
Oct 8, 7:35 AM EDTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover, Pender25 min
Oct 8, 8:07 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare38 min
Oct 8, 8:59 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven31 min
Oct 8, 9:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort29 min
Nov 8, 7:21 AM ESTTornado WarningILMBladen24 min
Nov 8, 7:25 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHSampson35 min
Nov 8, 1:38 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHWarren37 min
Dec 7, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningILMBladen, Robeson39 min
Dec 7, 5:13 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHSampson17 min
Dec 7, 5:14 PM ESTTornado WarningILMBladen16 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

7 more counties

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.