Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 1998
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, April 1998
23 tornado warnings in April 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 April 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- April 19, 19988 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lenoir County3
- Gaston County2
- Lincoln County2
- Hertford County1
- Wayne County1
- Duplin County1
- Jones County1
- Craven County1
- Bladen County1
- Cherokee County1
- Graham County1
- Swain County1
- Jackson County1
- Haywood County1
- Buncombe County1
- Henderson County1
- Guilford County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Rowan County1
- Rockingham County1
- Union County1
- Wake County1
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.