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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2006

21 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
21
Busiest month
April6 tornado watches
Busiest day
November 16, 20065 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
Jan 13, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 28 more7 hr
Jan 13, 11:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 30 more6 hr
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more5 hr
Apr 3, 12:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 20 more7 hr
Apr 3, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 56 more7 hr
Apr 7, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison and 1 more8 hr
Apr 7, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay and 14 more10 hr
Apr 21, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay6 hr
May 11, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Franklin and 10 more6 hr
May 14, 2:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret and 47 more7 hr
May 14, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender5 hr
Jun 13, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender7 hr
Jun 14, 4:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 17 more11 hr
Aug 31, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more9 hr
Sep 1, 4:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 8 more9 hr
Nov 15, 11:58 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 18 more8 hr
Nov 16, 2:28 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Caswell, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 7 more9 hr
Nov 16, 4:38 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more6 hr
Nov 16, 7:51 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and 13 more6 hr
Nov 16, 10:44 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 23 more7 hr
Dec 25, 11:53 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde and 7 more6 hr

By county

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

54 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 16, 20065tornado watches
  2. April 3, 20063tornado watches
  3. May 14, 20062tornado watches
  4. June 14, 20062tornado watches
  5. January 13, 20061tornado watches
  6. January 14, 20061tornado watches
  7. April 7, 20061tornado watches
  8. April 8, 20061tornado watches
  9. April 21, 20061tornado watches
  10. May 11, 20061tornado watches
  11. August 31, 20061tornado watches
  12. September 1, 20061tornado 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.