Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2020

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, April 2020

37 tornado warnings in April 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
37
Busiest day
April 13, 202024 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:18 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPTransylvania27 min
Apr 13, 3:41 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania34 min
Apr 13, 4:12 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKSurry, Yadkin33 min
Apr 13, 5:06 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford24 min
Apr 13, 5:19 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKRockingham26 min
Apr 13, 5:36 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKRockingham24 min
Apr 13, 5:45 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph30 min
Apr 13, 5:58 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKCaswell47 min
Apr 13, 6:10 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHAlamance, Orange35 min
Apr 13, 6:32 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHAlamance, Durham, Orange28 min
Apr 13, 6:41 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Person34 min
Apr 13, 7:19 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland13 min
Apr 13, 7:47 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHVance, Warren28 min
Apr 13, 8:10 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Pender35 min
Apr 13, 8:50 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender25 min
Apr 13, 9:15 AM EDTTornado WarningILMPender30 min
Apr 13, 9:21 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILMBrunswick, New Hanover24 min
Apr 13, 9:30 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow45 min
Apr 13, 9:40 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover17 min
Apr 13, 9:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Hyde37 min
Apr 13, 9:56 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington34 min
Apr 13, 10:06 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMHXBeaufort, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico39 min
Apr 13, 10:19 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico26 min
Apr 13, 10:20 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Pamlico40 min
Apr 25, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPMacon25 min
Apr 25, 8:24 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPPolk36 min
Apr 25, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland35 min
Apr 25, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston31 min
Apr 25, 9:44 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston31 min
Apr 25, 9:53 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg37 min
Apr 25, 10:06 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg24 min
Apr 25, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union23 min
Apr 25, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg27 min
Apr 25, 10:43 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg32 min
Apr 26, 12:56 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke, Scotland34 min
Apr 26, 1:25 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland23 min
Apr 26, 3:38 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret41 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

6 more counties

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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.