Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2002
29 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 29
- Busiest month
- November7 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 11, 20026 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 31, 2:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 30 min |
| May 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 14 min |
| May 13, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 8:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 27 min |
| Sep 10, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 32 min |
| Oct 11, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 37 min |
| Oct 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 40 min |
| Oct 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 24 min |
| Oct 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 9:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 10:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 12 min |
| Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 12 min |
| Nov 12, 11:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 33 min |
| Nov 12, 11:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pitt County3
- Wayne County3
- Sampson County2
- Northampton County2
- Martin County2
- Dare County2
- Union County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Granville County1
- Person County1
- Hertford County1
- Chowan County1
- Franklin County1
- Johnston County1
- Brunswick County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Hyde County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Wilson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Carteret County1
- Wake County1
- Cumberland County1
- Harnett County1
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. Rebuilt daily.