Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2019
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, April 2019
66 tornado warnings in April 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
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- Busiest day
- April 19, 201944 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 20 min |
| Apr 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 11:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 12:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 9:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange, Person | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 13 min |
| Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 16 min |
| Apr 19, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 8 min |
| Apr 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 1:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 2:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County7
- Chatham County6
- Surry County6
- Harnett County5
- Alamance County5
- Person County5
- Iredell County4
- Stokes County4
- Granville County4
- Moore County4
- Randolph County4
- Durham County4
- Edgecombe County4
- Halifax County4
- Nash County4
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Alexander County3
- Yadkin County3
- Warren County3
- Sampson County3
- Wayne County3
- Cumberland County3
- Northampton County3
- Catawba County2
- Davie County2
- Rutherford County2
- Wilkes County2
- Lincoln County2
- Caswell County2
- Franklin County2
- Vance County2
- Columbus County2
- Bladen County2
- Montgomery County2
- Guilford County2
- Wilson County2
- Camden County2
- Wake County1
- Polk County1
20 more counties
- McDowell County1
- Henderson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Gaston County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Rowan County1
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lee County1
- Duplin County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Hertford County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Hyde County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Currituck 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.