Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2004
136 tornado warnings in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 136
- Busiest month
- September51 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 13, 200414 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 6, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 15 min |
| Feb 6, 6:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 28 min |
| Mar 7, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 19 min |
| Mar 7, 10:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 10:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 28 min |
| May 31, 3:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 21 min |
| Jun 11, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 10:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Scotland | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 6:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 6:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 7:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 8:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 10:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 22 min |
| Aug 29, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 11:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 12 min |
| Sep 8, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 8:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 15 min |
| Sep 8, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 13 min |
| Sep 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 12 min |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 1:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 23 min |
| Sep 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 16 min |
| Sep 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Sep 27, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 42 min |
| Sep 27, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 22 min |
| Sep 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 4:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 6:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 16 min |
| Oct 13, 12:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 1:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 12 min |
| Oct 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 18 min |
| Oct 13, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carteret County9
- Craven County7
- Wake County6
- Robeson County6
- Camden County5
- Harnett County5
- Rockingham County5
- Hoke County5
- Gates County4
- Currituck County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Martin County4
- Jones County4
- Pamlico County4
- Richmond County4
- Moore County4
- Hertford County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Chatham County3
- Lee County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Forsyth County3
- Beaufort County3
- Orange County3
- Onslow County3
- Person County3
- Northampton County2
- Duplin County2
- Johnston County2
- Pitt County2
- Dare County2
- Lenoir County2
- Scotland County2
- Columbus County2
- Brunswick County2
- Hyde County2
- Anson County2
- Stokes County2
19 more counties
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.