Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2024
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, August 2024
79 tornado warnings in August 2024. 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 August 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 79
- Busiest day
- August 8, 202461 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 12 min |
| Aug 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 11:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 12:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 1:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 1:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 1:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 2:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 2:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Jones, Lenoir | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 2:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 3:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 3:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 3:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 4:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 4:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 4:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 4:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 5:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wilson | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 6:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 11 min |
| Aug 8, 7:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 13 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 7:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 20 min |
| Aug 8, 7:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 8:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 8:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 8:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 12 min |
| Aug 8, 8:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 10:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 12:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 1:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 20 min |
| Aug 8, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 20 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pitt | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 15 min |
| Aug 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Warren | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 16 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Nash County12
- Wilson County11
- Pitt County11
- Franklin County10
- Greene County9
- Jones County8
- Lenoir County8
- Brunswick County7
- Edgecombe County7
- Pender County6
- Onslow County5
- Beaufort County5
- Craven County5
- Vance County5
- Warren County5
- Columbus County4
- Wayne County4
- Johnston County4
- Gates County4
- Rockingham County4
- New Hanover County3
- Duplin County3
- Granville County3
- Bladen County2
- Martin County2
- Halifax County2
- Camden County2
- Caswell County2
- Sampson County1
- Wake County1
- Chowan County1
- Perquimans County1
- Northampton County1
- Bertie 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.