Weather alerts in North Carolina, May 1988

125 weather alerts in May 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 125
Warnings: 125
Watches: 0
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 17, 198845 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
May 3, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell	54 min
May 3, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rowan	64 min
May 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	50 min
May 4, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	32 min
May 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	45 min
May 5, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin	61 min
May 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	64 min
May 10, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Onslow	63 min
May 10, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	68 min
May 10, 3:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Onslow	32 min
May 10, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Jones	31 min
May 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Craven	47 min
May 10, 4:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Craven	33 min
May 10, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	57 min
May 10, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston	38 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	31 min
May 10, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Sampson	62 min
May 10, 6:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	56 min
May 10, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange	28 min
May 10, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	54 min
May 10, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin	56 min
May 10, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	29 min
May 16, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	60 min
May 16, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	63 min
May 16, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davie	62 min
May 16, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	58 min
May 16, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	56 min
May 16, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance	37 min
May 16, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange	58 min
May 16, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	37 min
May 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	66 min
May 16, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	33 min
May 16, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	26 min
May 16, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	38 min
May 16, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Stanly	27 min
May 16, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Perquimans	34 min
May 17, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	64 min
May 17, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	57 min
May 17, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	52 min
May 17, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	62 min
May 17, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	64 min
May 17, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	46 min
May 17, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	46 min
May 17, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	66 min
May 17, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell	56 min
May 17, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	58 min
May 17, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland	35 min
May 17, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	48 min
May 17, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	63 min
May 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	51 min
May 17, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	44 min
May 17, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	64 min
May 17, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davie, Rowan	64 min
May 17, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Forsyth	64 min
May 17, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	46 min
May 17, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	43 min
May 17, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance	63 min
May 17, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	43 min
May 17, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Sampson	35 min
May 17, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	48 min
May 17, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	30 min
May 17, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	43 min
May 17, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	58 min
May 17, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Craven	60 min
May 17, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	63 min
May 17, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Pitt	58 min
May 17, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	49 min
May 17, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Union	43 min
May 17, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	58 min
May 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	50 min
May 17, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	26 min
May 17, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin	57 min
May 17, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	41 min
May 17, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	62 min
May 17, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hertford	56 min
May 17, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Gates	65 min
May 17, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	36 min
May 18, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alexander, Iredell	66 min
May 18, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	88 min
May 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	38 min
May 19, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	61 min
May 19, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	32 min
May 19, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin	30 min
May 19, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	65 min
May 19, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville	43 min
May 19, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	51 min
May 19, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	43 min
May 20, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	64 min
May 20, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	47 min
May 20, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	60 min
May 20, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	64 min
May 20, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Bertie	34 min
May 20, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Chowan, Gates	57 min
May 23, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	37 min
May 23, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	37 min
May 23, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	54 min
May 23, 8:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	33 min
May 23, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson, Guilford	62 min
May 23, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Randolph	69 min
May 23, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	61 min
May 23, 9:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	27 min
May 23, 10:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange, Person	65 min
May 23, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	64 min
May 24, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	34 min
May 24, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	39 min
May 24, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	37 min
May 24, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Warren	57 min
May 24, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	61 min
May 24, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	30 min
May 24, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	29 min
May 24, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	34 min
May 24, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Wake	47 min
May 24, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	64 min
May 24, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	58 min
May 24, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin, Sampson	61 min
May 24, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Pitt	53 min
May 24, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Craven, Jones	63 min
May 24, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	58 min
May 24, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	60 min
May 24, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Beaufort	57 min
May 24, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	65 min
May 24, 8:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	56 min
May 24, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Bertie, Hertford	63 min
May 24, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	28 min
May 25, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Hyde	46 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	111
Tornado Warning	14

By county

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

30 more counties

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.