Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2010
111 tornado warnings in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 111
- Busiest month
- October34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 27, 201028 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
18 of 111 tornado warnings covering North Carolina in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 31 of 39 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.
North Carolina, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 111 | 18 | 84% | 39 | 79% | 19 min |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Raleigh, NC: tornado warnings | 27 | 9 | 67% | 21 | 100% | 19 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: tornado warnings | 50 | 11 | 78% | 16 | 81% | 16 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 31 | 2 | 94% | 7 | 43% | 3 min |
| NWS Wilmington, NC: tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 6 | 67% | 13 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: tornado warnings | 30 | 6 | 80% | 9 | 89% | 20 min |
| NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC: tornado warnings | 9 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 50 | 6 | 88% | 16 | 56% | 19 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 11:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 16 min |
| Mar 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 11:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 22 min |
| Apr 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 31 min |
| May 16, 4:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 41 min |
| May 16, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 22 min |
| Sep 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 26 min |
| Sep 29, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 40 min |
| Sep 29, 11:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 41 min |
| Sep 30, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 28 min |
| Sep 30, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 12:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 36 min |
| Sep 30, 12:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 1:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 37 min |
| Sep 30, 2:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Washington | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 4:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 5:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 7:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 12 min |
| Sep 30, 8:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 21 min |
| Sep 30, 9:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 10 min |
| Oct 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 10:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 11:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 2:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 2:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 63 min |
| Oct 27, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 32 min |
| Oct 27, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Oct 27, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Oct 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 32 min |
| Oct 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 54 min |
| Oct 27, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 53 min |
| Oct 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Nov 30, 10:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 10:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 15 min |
| Dec 1, 1:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 42 min |
| Dec 1, 2:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cleveland County12
- Rockingham County12
- Camden County12
- Pasquotank County12
- Currituck County11
- Catawba County10
- Lincoln County10
- Gaston County9
- Iredell County9
- Mecklenburg County8
- Person County8
- Rowan County7
- Forsyth County7
- Rutherford County7
- Stokes County7
- Davidson County6
- Guilford County6
- Caswell County6
- Surry County5
- Yadkin County5
- Cabarrus County3
- Durham County3
- Granville County3
- Wilkes County3
- Beaufort County3
- Gates County3
- Martin County3
- Washington County3
- Burke County3
- Cherokee County2
- Randolph County2
- Alamance County2
- Orange County2
- Nash County2
- Alleghany County2
- Polk County2
- Davie County2
- Vance County2
- Buncombe County1
- Henderson County1
22 more counties
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Macon County1
- Franklin County1
- Wake County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hoke County1
- Onslow County1
- Dare County1
- Craven County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Duplin County1
- Pitt County1
- Hyde County1
- Perquimans County1
- Alexander County1
- Warren County1
- Northampton County1
- Bladen County1
- Columbus 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.