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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2014

22 tornado watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
April6 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 21, 20144 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 11, 11:50 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham and 24 more6 hr
Jan 11, 2:13 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Dare and 13 more5 hr
Jan 11, 2:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more4 hr
Feb 20, 10:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 2 more6 hr
Feb 21, 10:02 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 24 more6 hr
Feb 21, 10:39 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more5 hr
Feb 21, 12:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more5 hr
Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 26 more4 hr
Apr 7, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender7 hr
Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret and 51 more10 hr
Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPCCherokee, Clay6 hr
Apr 29, 12:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBuncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 10 more7 hr
Apr 29, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Chatham, Chowan and 38 more8 hr
Apr 30, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 18 more5 hr
Jun 4, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 13 more6 hr
Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin and 12 more8 hr
Jul 3, 9:49 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 20 more6 hr
Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 27 more6 hr
Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay5 hr
Oct 14, 6:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 16 more7 hr
Oct 14, 1:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 29 more11 hr
Nov 17, 10:26 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 20 more7 hr

By county

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

60 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 21, 20144tornado watches
  2. January 11, 20143tornado watches
  3. April 29, 20142tornado watches
  4. October 14, 20142tornado watches
  5. March 30, 20141tornado watches
  6. April 7, 20141tornado watches
  7. April 25, 20141tornado watches
  8. April 28, 20141tornado watches
  9. April 30, 20141tornado watches
  10. June 5, 20141tornado watches
  11. July 3, 20141tornado watches
  12. July 4, 20141tornado watches

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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.