Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1999
63 tornado warnings in 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 63
- Busiest month
- September34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 15, 199920 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 3, 3:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 4:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 20 min |
| Apr 15, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 51 min |
| May 6, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 20 min |
| Sep 15, 10:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 38 min |
| Sep 15, 12:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 37 min |
| Sep 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 22 min |
| Sep 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 22 min |
| Sep 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 16 min |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 17 min |
| Sep 15, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 34 min |
| Sep 15, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Pitt | 27 min |
| Sep 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 35 min |
| Sep 15, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 21 min |
| Sep 15, 11:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 18 min |
| Sep 16, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 31 min |
| Sep 29, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 35 min |
| Oct 17, 10:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 35 min |
| Oct 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County5
- Pamlico County5
- Onslow County5
- New Hanover County4
- Craven County4
- Carteret County4
- Halifax County3
- Pitt County3
- Hyde County3
- Gates County2
- Lenoir County2
- Warren County2
- Camden County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Richmond County2
- Beaufort County2
- Bertie County2
- Currituck County2
- Stanly County2
- Montgomery County2
- Nash County1
- Northampton County1
- Robeson County1
- Bladen County1
- Duplin County1
- Jones County1
- Buncombe County1
- McDowell County1
- Yancey County1
- Rockingham County1
- Anson County1
- Cumberland County1
- Sampson County1
- Polk County1
- Pender County1
- Washington County1
- Dare County1
- Perquimans County1
- Surry County1
- Cabarrus County1
1 more counties
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.