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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 1998

38 tornado watches in 1998. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
38
Busiest month
April15 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 17, 19984 tornado watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 12:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alleghany, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 28 more5 hr
Mar 8, 3:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 24 more6 hr
Mar 9, 2:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 24 more6 hr
Mar 20, 7:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 30 more6 hr
Mar 20, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 29 more6 hr
Mar 20, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 15 more4 hr
Mar 20, 7:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 32 more5 hr
Apr 3, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 42 more7 hr
Apr 3, 10:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and 2 more6 hr
Apr 4, 12:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 12 more6 hr
Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 3 more6 hr
Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBuncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more7 hr
Apr 9, 4:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson6 hr
Apr 9, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 23 more6 hr
Apr 16, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBuncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more6 hr
Apr 16, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBuncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more6 hr
Apr 16, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 34 more6 hr
Apr 17, 1:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCUnion6 hr
Apr 17, 8:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCRobeson6 hr
Apr 17, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more5 hr
Apr 19, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 41 more6 hr
Apr 19, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCRobeson, Scotland6 hr
May 7, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain7 hr
May 7, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCUnion6 hr
May 7, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 28 more6 hr
May 7, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin and 24 more5 hr
May 7, 9:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson5 hr
May 31, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham and 13 more6 hr
Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke and 23 more6 hr
Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Columbus and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCMadison6 hr
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 34 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven and 25 more6 hr
Aug 26, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 23 more12 hr
Aug 26, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 24 more12 hr
Aug 27, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 17 more12 hr
Sep 3, 9:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Onslow, Pender, Robeson7 hr
Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 23 more7 hr

By county

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

60 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 17, 19984tornado watches
  2. May 7, 19984tornado watches
  3. June 3, 19984tornado watches
  4. March 20, 19983tornado watches
  5. April 4, 19983tornado watches
  6. April 8, 19982tornado watches
  7. April 9, 19982tornado watches
  8. April 16, 19982tornado watches
  9. April 19, 19982tornado watches
  10. August 26, 19982tornado watches
  11. September 3, 19982tornado watches
  12. February 17, 19981tornado watches

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.