A thunderstorm over the Croatan Sound today May 11, 2015 produced a waterspout that did some damage on Roanoke Island. The Spotter Reports on the Severe WX Warn Storm Tracker show that the waterspout damaged some trees in Manteo, NC. The video was taken by Garnette Guyton. Waterspouts are typically weak […]
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Tornadoes moved through Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas yesterday afternoon into last night killing two people and leaving as many as ten people missing. In the small town of Van, Texas around 30% of the community was destroyed. Many of the tornadoes yesterday were rain wrapped and hard to track and […]
Tropical Storm Ana is now just a few hundred miles off the coast of South Carolina and will likely make landfall early Sunday morning. Landfall will likely be near the North and South Carolina boarder and will bring sustained winds of 45-50 mph with gusts to 60 mph likely. Tropical Storm […]
Sub-Tropical Storm Ana formed in the Atlantic today and currently has sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 45 mph. The winds will likely remain around 35-45 mph before making landfall near Myrtle Beach, SC Saturday afternoon/night. The storm will then curve into North Carolina and Virginia and then […]
Hurricane season is still 3 weeks away and here we are at the beginning of May looking at the chance for a storm to develop off the coast of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Today as you can see from the model data below (provided by Allison House) the system […]
Severe WX Warn is excited to announce 2 new features to our storm tracker. The 2 features that we added this week are storm tracks, which will show you the direction of individual storm cells such as Hail Storms, Rotating Thunderstorm and Tornado Vortex Signatures. With the addition of this […]
If you were living in North Carolina on April 16, 2011 it is likely a date that you will never forget. It was the single largest tornado outbreak in the states history with a total of 30 tornadoes touching down that day with numerous reports of funnels. It was a scary […]
The date March 28, 1984 is a day that will stick out in the minds of many people who lived in North and South Carolina during the 80’s. This day marks one of the worst Tornado outbreaks in North and South Carolina’s history. There were a total of 24 tornadoes […]
North Carolina has seen it’s fair share of hurricanes throughout the past century. As a matter of fact North Carolina has had 46 hurricanes make landfall within the state. 12 of these hurricanes were major hurricanes. Though hurricane season spans June-November North Carolina has only seen a major hurricane during […]
Over the past few years there have been discussions about what states are and aren’t a part of Tornado Alley. Tornado Alley is made up of states in the midwest and consists of multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. Another area that frequently […]