Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2021
100 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 100
- Busiest month
- August36 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 17, 202123 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 15, 11:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 11 min |
| Feb 15, 11:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 13 min |
| Feb 16, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 15 min |
| Mar 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 22 min |
| Mar 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax, Vance, Warren | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 17 min |
| Mar 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Montgomery, Moore | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 26 min |
| May 3, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| May 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 8:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 10 min |
| Jul 8, 9:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 18 min |
| Jul 8, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 15 min |
| Jul 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 11:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 11:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 11:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 11:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 12 min |
| Aug 17, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 18 min |
| Aug 17, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 12 min |
| Aug 17, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 12:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 21 min |
| Aug 18, 1:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 28 min |
| Oct 25, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 25 min |
| Oct 25, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burke County8
- Caldwell County7
- Rutherford County6
- Surry County6
- Avery County6
- Brunswick County5
- McDowell County5
- Perquimans County5
- Pasquotank County5
- Camden County5
- Alexander County5
- Wilkes County5
- Union County4
- Guilford County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Gates County4
- Hertford County4
- Currituck County4
- Iredell County4
- Mecklenburg County3
- Northampton County3
- Alamance County3
- Caswell County3
- Orange County3
- Polk County3
- Bertie County3
- Chowan County3
- Hyde County3
- Mitchell County3
- Columbus County2
- Randolph County2
- Rockingham County2
- Durham County2
- Person County2
- Granville County2
- Halifax County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Franklin County2
- Henderson County2
33 more counties
- Cleveland County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Johnston County2
- Nash County2
- Wilson County2
- Wayne County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Duplin County2
- Greene County2
- Pitt County2
- Yadkin County2
- Yancey County2
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Transylvania County1
- Stanly County1
- Lee County1
- Wake County1
- Gaston County1
- Chatham County1
- Bladen County1
- Martin County1
- Robeson County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Washington County1
- Beaufort County1
- Cumberland County1
- Alleghany County1
- Macon County1
- Stokes County1
- Catawba County1
- Rowan 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.