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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2003

23 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
May10 tornado watches
Busiest day
July 2, 20034 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 22, 9:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 34 more6 hr
Feb 22, 11:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCherokee5 hr
Feb 22, 2:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 24 more4 hr
Mar 20, 10:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 10 more5 hr
May 5, 4:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Graham6 hr
May 5, 9:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain6 hr
May 6, 1:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 6 more6 hr
May 9, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham, Edgecombe and 16 more6 hr
May 9, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 7 more4 hr
May 10, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Caswell, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 11 more6 hr
May 10, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 20 more6 hr
May 17, 12:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham5 hr
May 31, 2:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden and 57 more6 hr
May 31, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson and 1 more5 hr
May 31, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 25 more3 hr
Jul 2, 2:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more7 hr
Jul 2, 8:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 18 more6 hr
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 19 more5 hr
Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 31 more5 hr
Sep 18, 8:25 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 13 more12 hr
Nov 19, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 17 more6 hr
Nov 19, 7:25 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bladen and 48 more6 hr
Nov 19, 11:25 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more6 hr

By county

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

55 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 2, 20034tornado watches
  2. February 22, 20033tornado watches
  3. November 19, 20033tornado watches
  4. May 5, 20032tornado watches
  5. May 9, 20032tornado watches
  6. May 10, 20032tornado watches
  7. May 31, 20032tornado watches
  8. March 20, 20031tornado watches
  9. May 6, 20031tornado watches
  10. May 17, 20031tornado watches
  11. June 1, 20031tornado watches
  12. September 18, 20031tornado 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.