Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, March 2026
14 tornado warnings in March 2026. 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- March 16, 202611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 11 min |
| Mar 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 7:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 8:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 9:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 10:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Craven County2
- Rockingham County2
- Caswell County2
- Perquimans County2
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Carteret County1
- Pamlico County1
- Madison County1
- Yancey County1
- Cleveland County1
- Rutherford County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Stokes County1
- Davidson County1
- Forsyth County1
- Guilford County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Chowan County1
- Camden County1
- Pasquotank County1
Nearby
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.