Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2011
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, April 2011
141 tornado warnings in April 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 141
- Busiest day
- April 16, 201164 tornado warnings
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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 4, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 12:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 1:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 14 min |
| Apr 8, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 1:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 10 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 14 min |
| Apr 16, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 10:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Ashe | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 3:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 12:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bladen County10
- Sampson County10
- Duplin County10
- Lenoir County9
- Rockingham County8
- Columbus County8
- Robeson County8
- Pitt County8
- Beaufort County8
- Washington County8
- Craven County7
- Camden County7
- Pasquotank County7
- Rutherford County6
- Martin County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Currituck County6
- McDowell County5
- Burke County5
- Cumberland County5
- Nash County5
- Greene County5
- Pender County5
- Onslow County5
- Bertie County5
- Dare County5
- Macon County5
- Henderson County4
- Cleveland County4
- Franklin County4
- Wayne County4
- Jones County4
- Chowan County4
- Perquimans County4
- Hyde County4
- Jackson County4
- Transylvania County4
- Buncombe County3
- Lincoln County3
- Davidson County3
49 more counties
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Alamance County3
- Caswell County3
- Stokes County3
- Surry County3
- Gaston County3
- Hoke County3
- Harnett County3
- Wake County3
- Granville County3
- Vance County3
- Johnston County3
- Wilson County3
- Catawba County2
- Randolph County2
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Scotland County2
- Person County2
- Chatham County2
- Lee County2
- Warren County2
- Halifax County2
- Northampton County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Hertford County2
- Gates County2
- Haywood County2
- Polk County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Davie County1
- Rowan County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Stanly County1
- Orange County1
- Moore County1
- Durham County1
- Brunswick County1
- New Hanover County1
- Carteret County1
- Pamlico County1
- Clay County1
- Alexander County1
- Caldwell County1
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Sources
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