Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2003
72 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 72
- Busiest month
- May33 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 2, 200314 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 12:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 9 min |
| May 2, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 26 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 16 min |
| May 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 30 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Scotland | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 3, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 35 min |
| May 3, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 38 min |
| May 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 42 min |
| May 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 38 min |
| May 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 28 min |
| May 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Washington | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 32 min |
| May 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 31 min |
| May 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 38 min |
| May 9, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 13 min |
| May 9, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 50 min |
| May 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 49 min |
| May 31, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 66 min |
| May 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 39 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 28 min |
| May 31, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden | 18 min |
| Aug 2, 11:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 8:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 11:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 27 min |
| Nov 19, 7:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Vance County5
- Onslow County5
- Bladen County5
- Davidson County4
- Northampton County4
- Carteret County4
- Brunswick County3
- Granville County2
- Montgomery County2
- Robeson County2
- Bertie County2
- Hyde County2
- Greene County2
- Pender County2
- Columbus County2
- Craven County2
- Camden County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Alamance County1
- Randolph County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Pamlico County1
- Forsyth County1
- Scotland County1
- Richmond County1
- Hertford County1
- Chowan County1
- Warren County1
- Washington County1
- Franklin County1
- Nash County1
- Beaufort County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Chatham County1
- Rockingham County1
- Moore County1
- Jones County1
- Harnett 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. Rebuilt daily.