Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches / 2000
Tornado Watches in North Carolina, December 2000
3 tornado watches in December 2000. 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 December 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20003 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chatham and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bertie County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Currituck County2
- Gates County2
- Hertford County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Onslow County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson County1
- Anson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Carteret County1
- Chatham County1
- Craven County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Greene County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Hyde County1
- Johnston County1
- Jones County1
- Lee County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore 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.