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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2018

17 tornado watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
17
Busiest month
September11 tornado watches
Busiest day
September 14, 20183 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
Apr 15, 12:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more9 hr
Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham and 34 more8 hr
Apr 15, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Duplin and 17 more4 hr
Sep 13, 7:08 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more14 hr
Sep 13, 8:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more10 hr
Sep 14, 6:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Dare and 20 more10 hr
Sep 14, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe and 13 more6 hr
Sep 14, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 12 more8 hr
Sep 15, 6:59 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene and 14 more10 hr
Sep 15, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Hanover and 4 more6 hr
Sep 15, 11:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Hanover and 4 more8 hr
Sep 16, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke and 6 more16 hr
Sep 16, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery and 4 more7 hr
Sep 16, 11:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Robeson, Sampson6 hr
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 49 more13 hr
Nov 6, 3:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain5 hr
Nov 13, 1:56 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin and 7 more6 hr

By county

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

51 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 14, 20183tornado watches
  2. September 15, 20183tornado watches
  3. September 16, 20183tornado watches
  4. April 15, 20182tornado watches
  5. April 16, 20181tornado watches
  6. September 13, 20181tornado watches
  7. September 17, 20181tornado watches
  8. October 11, 20181tornado watches
  9. November 6, 20181tornado watches
  10. November 13, 20181tornado 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.