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Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2006

92 tornado warnings in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
92
Busiest month
May28 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 14, 200621 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:34 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXGreene, Pitt26 min
Jan 14, 2:12 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones33 min
Jan 14, 3:35 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCurrituck25 min
Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WarningILMColumbus22 min
Apr 17, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow45 min
Apr 17, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningILMColumbus26 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningILMPender23 min
May 14, 2:03 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPIredell, Mecklenburg25 min
May 14, 2:11 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan49 min
May 14, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson, Stanly41 min
May 14, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPRowan19 min
May 14, 3:12 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery33 min
May 14, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin19 min
May 14, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery28 min
May 14, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham26 min
May 14, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXWashington41 min
May 14, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie24 min
May 14, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell21 min
May 14, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHOrange16 min
May 14, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham28 min
May 14, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake23 min
May 14, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin25 min
May 14, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham27 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Nash47 min
May 14, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHLee35 min
May 14, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham17 min
May 14, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett33 min
May 14, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake32 min
May 14, 8:04 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe26 min
May 14, 8:09 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Pitt51 min
May 14, 9:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell30 min
May 15, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Pitt39 min
May 18, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery15 min
May 20, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXCherokee32 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston51 min
Jun 11, 3:59 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKSurry, Yadkin31 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKStokes40 min
Jun 11, 6:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKRockingham32 min
Jun 11, 8:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake26 min
Jun 11, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett37 min
Jun 14, 11:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret29 min
Jun 14, 12:06 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston24 min
Jun 14, 12:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret33 min
Jun 14, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare41 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare32 min
Jun 27, 2:26 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret34 min
Jun 27, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret32 min
Jun 27, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde29 min
Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXHyde37 min
Jul 1, 12:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret35 min
Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow30 min
Jul 15, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret16 min
Jul 21, 9:40 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret35 min
Jul 23, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow46 min
Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare14 min
Aug 30, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones41 min
Aug 31, 11:58 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick32 min
Aug 31, 12:50 PM EDTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover25 min
Aug 31, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret33 min
Aug 31, 5:59 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret46 min
Aug 31, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick26 min
Aug 31, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret33 min
Aug 31, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven24 min
Aug 31, 8:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow47 min
Aug 31, 9:41 PM EDTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover23 min
Aug 31, 11:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret24 min
Aug 31, 11:35 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPerquimans25 min
Sep 1, 12:19 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin41 min
Sep 1, 1:34 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret26 min
Sep 1, 2:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde44 min
Sep 1, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXHyde23 min
Sep 1, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare35 min
Sep 1, 9:15 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie30 min
Sep 1, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGates, Hertford57 min
Nov 16, 12:06 AM ESTTornado WarningRNKYadkin24 min
Nov 16, 1:21 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHGuilford24 min
Nov 16, 6:28 AM ESTTornado WarningILMColumbus18 min
Nov 16, 6:40 AM ESTTornado WarningILMBladen, Pender36 min
Nov 16, 7:02 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin43 min
Nov 16, 7:34 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHWayne41 min
Nov 16, 7:40 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin17 min
Nov 16, 8:05 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXGreene30 min
Nov 16, 8:22 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHWilson38 min
Nov 16, 9:20 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHSampson40 min
Nov 16, 9:26 AM ESTTornado WarningILMBladen, Columbus34 min
Nov 16, 9:39 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHJohnston51 min
Nov 16, 10:33 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin42 min
Nov 16, 10:57 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHWayne33 min
Nov 16, 11:17 AM ESTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus43 min
Nov 16, 11:17 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXGreene43 min
Nov 16, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXDare37 min
Dec 25, 11:36 AM ESTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover39 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

10 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 14, 200621tornado warnings
  2. November 16, 200617tornado warnings
  3. September 1, 200611tornado warnings
  4. August 31, 20067tornado warnings
  5. June 14, 20065tornado warnings
  6. May 15, 20064tornado warnings
  7. January 14, 20063tornado warnings
  8. April 17, 20063tornado warnings
  9. June 11, 20063tornado warnings
  10. June 27, 20063tornado warnings
  11. June 12, 20062tornado warnings
  12. July 15, 20062tornado warnings

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.