Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2016
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, February 2016
38 tornado warnings in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 38
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201633 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chatham County6
- Sampson County5
- Vance County5
- Cumberland County4
- Lee County4
- Gates County4
- Bladen County3
- Robeson County3
- Wayne County3
- Moore County3
- Durham County3
- Granville County3
- Harnett County3
- Wake County3
- Franklin County3
- Warren County3
- Northampton County3
- Hertford County3
- Duplin County2
- Lenoir County2
- Pitt County2
- Randolph County2
- Orange County2
- Hoke County2
- Person County2
- Johnston County2
- Bertie County2
- Carteret County1
- Alexander County1
- Catawba County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Columbus County1
- Greene County1
- Martin County1
- Caswell County1
- Alamance County1
- Richmond County1
- Scotland County1
- Beaufort 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.