Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, March 2008
31 tornado warnings in March 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 March 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 31
- Busiest day
- March 5, 200815 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 9 min |
| Mar 4, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 5:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 5:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 15 min |
| Mar 4, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 8:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 10:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 10:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 11:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 11:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 11:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 12:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 36 min |
| Mar 5, 12:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 5, 1:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 19 min |
| Mar 5, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 7:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 20 min |
| Mar 15, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Stanly | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbus County3
- Duplin County2
- Gates County2
- Hertford County2
- Beaufort County2
- Bertie County2
- Moore County2
- Polk County1
- Alamance County1
- Transylvania County1
- Caswell County1
- Person County1
- Orange County1
- Granville County1
- Vance County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Halifax County1
- Northampton County1
- Pender County1
- Lenoir County1
- Onslow County1
- Craven County1
- Jones County1
- Martin County1
- Washington County1
- Chowan County1
- Pamlico County1
- Dare County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Richmond County1
- Stanly County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lee County1
- Robeson County1
- Bladen County1
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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.