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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2007
17 tornado watches in 2007. 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 2007. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- April7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20074 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union | 8 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:58 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 107 min |
| Jan 7, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, Union | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bertie, Burke, Cabarrus and 44 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wayne County7
- Wilson County7
- Brunswick County6
- Columbus County6
- Cumberland County6
- Edgecombe County6
- Harnett County6
- Johnston County6
- Nash County6
- Sampson County6
- Wake County6
- Union County5
- Beaufort County5
- Bladen County5
- Carteret County5
- Craven County5
- Dare County5
- Duplin County5
- Greene County5
- Hoke County5
- Hyde County5
- Jones County5
- Lenoir County5
- Martin County5
- New Hanover County5
- Onslow County5
- Pamlico County5
- Pender County5
- Pitt County5
- Robeson County5
- Scotland County5
- Washington County5
- Franklin County5
- Halifax County5
- Warren County5
- Cabarrus County4
- Gaston County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Lee County4
- Tyrrell County4
41 more counties
- Bertie County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Currituck County4
- Gates County4
- Hertford County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Perquimans County4
- Lincoln County3
- Anson County3
- Chatham County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Randolph County3
- Richmond County3
- Stanly County3
- Durham County3
- Granville County3
- Vance County3
- Northampton County3
- Cleveland County2
- Alexander County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- Catawba County2
- Davie County2
- Iredell County2
- McDowell County2
- Rowan County2
- Alamance County2
- Davidson County2
- Forsyth County2
- Guilford County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Polk County1
- Rutherford County1
- Caswell County1
- Rockingham County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.