Weather alerts in North Carolina, May 1989

115 weather alerts in May 1989, 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 115
Warnings: 115
Watches: 0
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 6, 198939 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
Apr 30, 8:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	2 hr
May 1, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	55 min
May 1, 5:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anson	4 hr
May 1, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Scotland	45 min
May 1, 6:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Union	4 hr
May 1, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	66 min
May 1, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	67 min
May 5, 4:37 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	38 min
May 5, 11:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	43 min
May 5, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	27 min
May 5, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Union	38 min
May 5, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anson	39 min
May 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	59 min
May 5, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Montgomery	47 min
May 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anson	37 min
May 5, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	49 min
May 5, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	42 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	115 min
May 5, 6:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	2 hr
May 5, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	119 min
May 5, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland	51 min
May 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	47 min
May 5, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	58 min
May 5, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	60 min
May 5, 7:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Durham	44 min
May 5, 7:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Wilkes	3 hr
May 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Granville	53 min
May 5, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Caldwell	96 min
May 5, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Caldwell	31 min
May 5, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell, Rowan	63 min
May 5, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	55 min
May 5, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	55 min
May 5, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alexander, Wilkes	55 min
May 5, 8:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anson, Cabarrus, Stanly, Union	64 min
May 5, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Yadkin	29 min
May 5, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	34 min
May 5, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson, Forsyth	26 min
May 5, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Montgomery	61 min
May 5, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Forsyth, Stokes	30 min
May 5, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Richmond	56 min
May 5, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	33 min
May 5, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Rockingham	33 min
May 5, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Stanly	22 min
May 5, 9:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	53 min
May 5, 9:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	53 min
May 5, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	60 min
May 5, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	55 min
May 5, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange, Person	65 min
May 5, 10:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	115 min
May 5, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	69 min
May 5, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Duplin, Pender, Sampson	63 min
May 5, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Wake	55 min
May 5, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Craven, Jones, Onslow	65 min
May 6, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	54 min
May 6, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	69 min
May 6, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	64 min
May 6, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	64 min
May 6, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	57 min
May 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Randolph	45 min
May 6, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anson	43 min
May 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	36 min
May 6, 1:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan	45 min
May 6, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Rockingham	43 min
May 6, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance, Caswell	26 min
May 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	49 min
May 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance, Caswell	32 min
May 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Wake	47 min
May 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Bertie	37 min
May 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Gates, Hertford	34 min
May 10, 1:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Moore	116 min
May 15, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	49 min
May 20, 7:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	56 min
May 20, 7:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Clay	65 min
May 21, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	63 min
May 21, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	62 min
May 21, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell, Rowan	25 min
May 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anson, Union	65 min
May 22, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	62 min
May 22, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	66 min
May 22, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Forsyth, Rockingham	57 min
May 22, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davie, Iredell	57 min
May 22, 10:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham	3 hr
May 23, 1:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Pender	33 min
May 23, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	62 min
May 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	26 min
May 23, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	67 min
May 23, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Jones, Onslow	65 min
May 23, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	68 min
May 23, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Bertie, Hertford	55 min
May 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Pitt	35 min
May 23, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Northampton	33 min
May 23, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Bertie, Hertford	61 min
May 23, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell, Rowan	62 min
May 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	34 min
May 23, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Guilford	68 min
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	47 min
May 23, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alamance	68 min
May 23, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wilson	34 min
May 23, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	36 min
May 23, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	29 min
May 23, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Greene, Pitt	64 min
May 23, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	64 min
May 23, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	47 min
May 23, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	30 min
May 23, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hertford	54 min
May 23, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Washington	55 min
May 23, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Currituck	45 min
May 26, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Davidson	49 min
May 26, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Swain	63 min
May 26, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson	58 min
May 26, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Madison	27 min
May 26, 11:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	59 min
May 26, 11:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, McDowell	59 min
May 26, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	58 min
May 27, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell, Rowan	62 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	83
Tornado Warning	22
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	10

By county

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

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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.