Alert archive / North Carolina / 1996
Weather alerts in North Carolina, May 1996
180 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 180
- Warnings
- 180
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 24, 199634 alerts
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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 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 45 min |
| May 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 57 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 51 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 54 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 44 min |
| May 5, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 44 min |
| May 5, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 40 min |
| May 6, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 52 min |
| May 6, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 61 min |
| May 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 43 min |
| May 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 39 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 64 min |
| May 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 44 min |
| May 6, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 31 min |
| May 6, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 min |
| May 6, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 54 min |
| May 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| May 6, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| May 6, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 59 min |
| May 6, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| May 6, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 45 min |
| May 6, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 47 min |
| May 11, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| May 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 53 min |
| May 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 25 min |
| May 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash | 33 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 62 min |
| May 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 29 min |
| May 11, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 51 min |
| May 11, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 27 min |
| May 11, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 37 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 31 min |
| May 11, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 31 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 54 min |
| May 11, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 50 min |
| May 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 51 min |
| May 11, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Perquimans | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 50 min |
| May 11, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 57 min |
| May 11, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 43 min |
| May 11, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 49 min |
| May 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 49 min |
| May 24, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 54 min |
| May 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 56 min |
| May 24, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 51 min |
| May 24, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
| May 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 58 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 28 min |
| May 24, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 45 min |
| May 24, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 53 min |
| May 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 45 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 50 min |
| May 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden | 25 min |
| May 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 75 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 54 min |
| May 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 67 min |
| May 24, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 53 min |
| May 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 65 min |
| May 24, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 50 min |
| May 24, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 41 min |
| May 25, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 65 min |
| May 25, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 28 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 50 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 64 min |
| May 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 66 min |
| May 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 63 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 50 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 50 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 50 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 29 min |
| May 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 46 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 38 min |
| May 27, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 44 min |
| May 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| May 27, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 28 min |
| May 27, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| May 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 52 min |
| May 27, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 66 min |
| May 27, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 33 min |
| May 27, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 27, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 46 min |
| May 27, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 29, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 41 min |
| May 29, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 33 min |
| May 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 44 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 39 min |
| May 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 38 min |
| May 29, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 29 min |
| May 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 22 min |
| May 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 15 min |
| May 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 39 min |
| May 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash | 27 min |
| May 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 25 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 33 min |
| May 29, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 63 min |
| May 29, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 41 min |
| May 29, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 40 min |
| May 29, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 13 min |
| May 29, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 39 min |
| May 29, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 49 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 43 min |
| May 29, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 29, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 23 min |
| May 29, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| May 29, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 47 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 | 166 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County9
- Johnston County8
- Bladen County7
- Wilkes County6
- Robeson County6
- Nash County5
- Columbus County5
- Rowan County5
- Durham County5
- Catawba County5
- Cumberland County4
- Sampson County4
- Pender County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Granville County4
- Franklin County4
- Caldwell County4
- Alleghany County3
- Burke County3
- Yadkin County3
- Forsyth County3
- Cherokee County3
- Harnett County3
- Duplin County3
- Chatham County3
- Davidson County3
- Randolph County3
- Orange County3
- Wayne County3
- Lincoln County3
- Union County3
- Jackson County3
- Cleveland County3
- Gaston County3
- Rutherford County3
- Ashe County2
- Surry County2
- Wilson County2
- Warren County2
- Northampton County2
46 more counties
- Clay County2
- New Hanover County2
- Rockingham County2
- Hyde County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Camden County2
- Alamance County2
- Guilford County2
- Iredell County2
- Transylvania County2
- Anson County2
- Stanly County2
- Scotland County2
- Haywood County2
- McDowell County2
- Lenoir County2
- Craven County2
- Carteret County2
- Watauga County1
- Avery County1
- Mitchell County1
- Onslow County1
- Caswell County1
- Vance County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Bertie County1
- Hertford County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Perquimans County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Currituck County1
- Lee County1
- Buncombe County1
- Alexander County1
- Beaufort County1
- Pamlico County1
- Stokes County1
- Person County1
- Macon County1
- Richmond County1
- Hoke County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
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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.