Alert archive / North Carolina / 2005
Weather alerts in North Carolina, May 2005
86 weather alerts in May 2005, 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 86
- Warnings
- 67
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 15, 200516 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 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 38 min |
| May 10, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 60 min |
| May 10, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 10, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 55 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 61 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 67 min |
| May 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 47 min |
| May 10, 8:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 32 min |
| May 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 68 more | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 50 min |
| May 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| May 12, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 33 min |
| May 12, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 40 min |
| May 13, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 35 min |
| May 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe | 91 min |
| May 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Forsyth and 7 more | 95 min |
| May 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 56 min |
| May 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 47 more | 93 min |
| May 15, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chatham and 46 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 15, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 26 min |
| May 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 31 min |
| May 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 31 min |
| May 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 30 min |
| May 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chatham and 44 more | 84 min |
| May 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 29 min |
| May 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 29 min |
| May 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 26 min |
| May 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 85 min | |
| May 15, 7:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chowan, Columbus and 29 more | 62 min |
| May 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 28 more | 91 min |
| May 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 21 min |
| May 19, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| May 19, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 29 min |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 40 min |
| May 19, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 33 min |
| May 20, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 63 min |
| May 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 39 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 39 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 56 min |
| May 20, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 20, 5:18 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain and 1 more | 57 min |
| May 20, 8:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon | 93 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain | 60 min |
| May 20, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover | 95 min |
| May 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| May 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| May 20, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 40 min |
| May 23, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 27 more | 89 min |
| May 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 36 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 28 min |
| May 24, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 38 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 37 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| May 24, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 18 min |
| May 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 83 min | |
| May 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| May 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 32 min |
| May 28, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 31 min |
| May 28, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 18 min |
| May 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 22 min |
| May 28, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| May 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 45 min |
| May 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| May 28, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| May 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 34 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 | 54 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County12
- Nash County11
- Edgecombe County10
- Northampton County9
- Craven County9
- Macon County8
- Moore County8
- Jones County8
- Montgomery County8
- Orange County8
- Stanly County8
- Stokes County8
- Beaufort County8
- Chowan County8
- Columbus County8
- Dare County7
- Gaston County7
- Lincoln County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Alexander County7
- Catawba County7
- Anson County7
- Iredell County7
- Alamance County7
- Bladen County7
- Cumberland County7
- Duplin County7
- Forsyth County7
- Franklin County7
- Greene County7
- Guilford County7
- Lenoir County7
- Martin County7
- Pitt County7
- Richmond County7
- Robeson County7
- Rockingham County7
- Sampson County7
- Wake County7
- Wayne County7
60 more counties
- Wilson County7
- Currituck County7
- Onslow County7
- Pamlico County7
- Pasquotank County7
- Transylvania County6
- Caldwell County6
- Mitchell County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Rowan County6
- Ashe County6
- Avery County6
- Burke County6
- Caswell County6
- Chatham County6
- Cleveland County6
- Davidson County6
- Durham County6
- Henderson County6
- Hoke County6
- Johnston County6
- Lee County6
- Person County6
- Randolph County6
- Scotland County6
- Union County6
- Yadkin County6
- Bertie County6
- Camden County6
- Gates County6
- Hertford County6
- Pender County6
- Perquimans County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Washington County6
- Graham County6
- Yancey County5
- Alleghany County5
- Buncombe County5
- Davie County5
- Harnett County5
- Jackson County5
- McDowell County5
- Rutherford County5
- Surry County5
- Warren County5
- Watauga County5
- Wilkes County5
- Madison County5
- Brunswick County5
- Hyde County5
- Swain County5
- Granville County4
- Haywood County4
- Polk County4
- Vance County4
- New Hanover County4
- Cherokee County4
- Clay County4
- Carteret County4
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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.