Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, April 2008
30 tornado warnings in April 2008. 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- April 20, 200810 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 23 min |
| Apr 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 11 min |
| Apr 19, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 16 min |
| Apr 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Perquimans | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Beaufort County6
- Craven County3
- Jones County2
- Union County2
- Hyde County2
- Wilson County2
- Pitt County2
- Cleveland County2
- Lincoln County2
- Bertie County2
- Hertford County2
- Onslow County1
- Bladen County1
- Sampson County1
- Duplin County1
- Johnston County1
- Wayne County1
- Greene County1
- Gaston County1
- Catawba County1
- Randolph County1
- Nash County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Northampton County1
- Martin County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Perquimans County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20072009
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.