Alert archive / North Carolina / 2001
Weather alerts in North Carolina, May 2001
95 weather alerts in May 2001, 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 95
- Warnings
- 88
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 26, 200126 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 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 33 min |
| May 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 25 min |
| May 12, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 36 min |
| May 12, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| May 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 62 min |
| May 12, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 24 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 49 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 19 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 60 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 45 min |
| May 12, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 41 min |
| May 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 47 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 41 min |
| May 12, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 50 min |
| May 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| May 12, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 12, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 46 min |
| May 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 114 min |
| May 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 37 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 34 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 46 min |
| May 21, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 26 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 39 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 34 min |
| May 22, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 64 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 59 min |
| May 22, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 37 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 17 min |
| May 25, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| May 25, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 31 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 67 min |
| May 26, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 36 min |
| May 26, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 31 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 26, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 45 min |
| May 26, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 42 min |
| May 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 45 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 49 min |
| May 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 43 min |
| May 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 37 min |
| May 26, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 23 min |
| May 28, 9:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 42 min |
| May 28, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 45 min |
| May 28, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 28 min |
| May 28, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 39 min |
| May 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 50 min |
| May 28, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| May 28, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 62 min |
| May 28, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 51 min |
| May 28, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 48 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 | 85 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Duplin County10
- Wayne County8
- Columbus County8
- Lenoir County8
- Bladen County8
- Onslow County8
- Jones County8
- Johnston County7
- Greene County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Harnett County6
- Nash County6
- Halifax County6
- Pender County6
- Pitt County6
- Cumberland County5
- Sampson County5
- Edgecombe County5
- Beaufort County5
- Warren County5
- Guilford County5
- Stanly County5
- Craven County5
- Hyde County5
- Martin County5
- Granville County4
- Wake County4
- Franklin County4
- Washington County4
- Chatham County4
- Transylvania County4
- Vance County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Union County4
- Polk County4
- Rutherford County4
- Orange County4
- Person County4
- Carteret County4
- Hertford County4
60 more counties
- Northampton County4
- Pamlico County4
- Wilson County4
- Rockingham County3
- Buncombe County3
- Madison County3
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
- Alamance County3
- Caswell County3
- Davidson County3
- Iredell County3
- Montgomery County3
- Moore County3
- Randolph County3
- Richmond County3
- Bertie County3
- Brunswick County3
- Chowan County3
- Gates County3
- Robeson County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Dare County3
- Haywood County2
- Jackson County2
- Macon County2
- Swain County2
- Alexander County2
- Alleghany County2
- Anson County2
- Ashe County2
- Avery County2
- Burke County2
- Caldwell County2
- Catawba County2
- Cleveland County2
- Davie County2
- Forsyth County2
- Gaston County2
- Henderson County2
- Lincoln County2
- McDowell County2
- Rowan County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Watauga County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Camden County2
- Durham County2
- Hoke County2
- Lee County2
- New Hanover County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Scotland County2
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Graham County1
- Currituck 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. Rebuilt daily.