Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1998
125 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 125
- Busiest month
- May34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 7, 199815 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 8, 1:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Jan 8, 1:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 2:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 21 min |
| Jan 27, 2:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 17 min |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 1:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 2:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 2:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 2:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 3:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 7:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 19 min |
| Mar 20, 5:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 2:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 11:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Graham | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Swain | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 33 min |
| May 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 47 min |
| May 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 31 min |
| May 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 49 min |
| May 7, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 16 min |
| May 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| May 7, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| May 7, 11:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 35 min |
| May 7, 11:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 32 min |
| May 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 15 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 31 min |
| May 27, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 17 min |
| Jun 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Ashe | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 18 min |
| Jun 19, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 19 min |
| Sep 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbus County7
- Rockingham County7
- Granville County7
- Bladen County5
- New Hanover County5
- Cabarrus County4
- Person County4
- Craven County4
- Pender County4
- Mecklenburg County3
- Rowan County3
- Wayne County3
- Wake County3
- Hertford County3
- Lenoir County3
- Jones County3
- Cherokee County3
- Guilford County3
- Lincoln County3
- Caswell County3
- Davidson County3
- Carteret County3
- Brunswick County3
- Robeson County2
- Wilson County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Jackson County2
- Chatham County2
- Franklin County2
- Warren County2
- Gaston County2
- Onslow County2
- Clay County2
- Iredell County2
- Alexander County2
- Forsyth County2
- Vance County2
- Pitt County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Sampson County1
28 more counties
- Johnston County1
- Halifax County1
- Macon County1
- Durham County1
- Duplin County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Haywood County1
- Buncombe County1
- Henderson County1
- Union County1
- McDowell County1
- Randolph County1
- Alamance County1
- Moore County1
- Lee County1
- Stokes County1
- Montgomery County1
- Richmond County1
- Pamlico County1
- Nash County1
- Ashe County1
- Wilkes County1
- Martin County1
- Washington County1
- Caldwell County1
- Hyde County1
- Bertie 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.