Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2020
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, February 2020
18 tornado warnings in February 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 February 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 18
- Busiest day
- February 6, 202016 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 6, 9:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 11:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 11:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 12:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 12:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 12:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 13 min |
| Feb 6, 7:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 8:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cabarrus County5
- Gaston County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Cleveland County2
- Lincoln County2
- Rowan County2
- Davidson County2
- Randolph County2
- Stanly County2
- Catawba County1
- Davie County1
- Forsyth County1
- Montgomery County1
- Union County1
- Alamance County1
- Chatham County1
- Guilford County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Franklin County1
- Nash County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Craven County1
Nearby
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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.