Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2016
62 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 62
- Busiest month
- February38 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201633 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 14 min |
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 10:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 11:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 12:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 1:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 1:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore, Randolph | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 3:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Randolph | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 3:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Vance | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 5:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Washington | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Wake | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Wake, Warren | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 5:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 6:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 6:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 21 min |
| Feb 24, 7:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 10 min |
| Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 14 min |
| Jul 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 12:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 14 min |
| Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 1:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 16 min |
| Sep 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 37 min |
| Oct 8, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 10 min |
| Oct 8, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 19 min |
| Oct 8, 6:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 11 min |
| Oct 8, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 12 min |
| Oct 8, 8:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 54 min |
| Oct 8, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 11:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 12 min |
| Oct 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 34 min |
| Dec 12, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carteret County7
- Chatham County7
- Bladen County6
- Columbus County5
- Sampson County5
- Vance County5
- Brunswick County5
- Robeson County4
- Cumberland County4
- Lee County4
- Granville County4
- Franklin County4
- Warren County4
- Gates County4
- Duplin County3
- Wayne County3
- Moore County3
- Durham County3
- Orange County3
- Harnett County3
- Wake County3
- Northampton County3
- Hertford County3
- Pender County3
- Lenoir County2
- Pitt County2
- Randolph County2
- Alamance County2
- Hoke County2
- Person County2
- Hyde County2
- Johnston County2
- Bertie County2
- Dare County2
- New Hanover County2
- Alexander County1
- Catawba County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Greene 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. Rebuilt daily.