Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2008
33 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 33
- Busiest month
- May9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 4, 20084 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 53 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Cumberland, Gaston, Harnett and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 29 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Lee, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham and 34 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mecklenburg, Union | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Davidson, Gaston, Lincoln and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:16 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden and 52 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 35 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:24 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chatham, Chowan and 41 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Chatham, Columbus and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Currituck | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Currituck County16
- Beaufort County15
- Dare County15
- Hyde County15
- Martin County15
- Pitt County15
- Tyrrell County15
- Washington County15
- Bertie County15
- Camden County15
- Chowan County15
- Gates County15
- Hertford County15
- Pasquotank County15
- Perquimans County15
- Edgecombe County14
- Greene County14
- Northampton County14
- Carteret County13
- Craven County13
- Halifax County13
- Pamlico County13
- Wilson County13
- Duplin County12
- Jones County12
- Lenoir County12
- Nash County12
- Onslow County12
- Bladen County11
- Johnston County11
- Robeson County11
- Columbus County10
- Cumberland County10
- Harnett County10
- Hoke County10
- Pender County10
- Sampson County10
- Scotland County10
- Wayne County10
- Richmond County10
60 more counties
- Brunswick County9
- New Hanover County9
- Anson County9
- Franklin County9
- Granville County9
- Lee County9
- Montgomery County9
- Stanly County9
- Union County9
- Vance County9
- Wake County9
- Warren County9
- Chatham County8
- Davidson County8
- Mecklenburg County8
- Moore County8
- Randolph County8
- Cabarrus County7
- Durham County7
- Gaston County7
- Orange County7
- Person County7
- Alamance County6
- Cleveland County6
- Forsyth County6
- Guilford County6
- Lincoln County6
- Caswell County5
- Rockingham County5
- Rowan County4
- Stokes County4
- Buncombe County3
- Henderson County3
- Transylvania County3
- Alexander County3
- Avery County3
- Catawba County3
- Davie County3
- Iredell County3
- Mitchell County3
- Polk County3
- Rutherford County3
- Yancey County3
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Graham County2
- Haywood County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Madison County2
- Swain County2
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- McDowell County2
- Surry County2
- Watauga County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.