Alert archive / North Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, May 2012
21 mesoscale discussions in May 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20123 mesoscale discussions
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 1, 12:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 21 more | 86 min |
| May 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caswell, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Northampton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 5, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 28 more | 2 hr |
| May 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 22 more | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 10 more | 60 min |
| May 9, 11:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 4 more | 88 min |
| May 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 29 more | 84 min |
| May 14, 2:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Jones and 7 more | 60 min |
| May 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 13 more | 61 min |
| May 15, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke and 6 more | 113 min |
| May 15, 2:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Burke, Caldwell, Caswell and 21 more | 67 min |
| May 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke and 47 more | 90 min |
| May 15, 8:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke and 47 more | 63 min |
| May 16, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Columbus and 14 more | 66 min |
| May 22, 2:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chatham and 38 more | 91 min |
| May 23, 1:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus and 31 more | 60 min |
| May 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chatham and 42 more | 66 min |
| May 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Chowan and 37 more | 58 min |
| May 24, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chowan, Durham, Edgecombe and 17 more | 87 min |
| May 30, 12:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bladen County13
- Columbus County13
- Nash County12
- Pender County12
- Sampson County12
- Edgecombe County11
- Greene County11
- Jones County11
- Lenoir County11
- Wayne County11
- Wilson County11
- Cumberland County11
- Robeson County11
- Brunswick County11
- Craven County10
- Franklin County10
- Halifax County10
- Pitt County10
- Duplin County10
- Hoke County10
- Onslow County10
- Scotland County10
- Beaufort County9
- Pamlico County9
- Richmond County9
- Wake County9
- New Hanover County9
- Bertie County8
- Martin County8
- Northampton County8
- Washington County8
- Durham County8
- Harnett County8
- Johnston County8
- Moore County8
- Chowan County7
- Granville County7
- Chatham County7
- Lee County7
- Hertford County6
51 more counties
- Hyde County6
- Perquimans County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Vance County6
- Warren County6
- Alexander County5
- Burke County5
- Caldwell County5
- Iredell County5
- McDowell County5
- Yadkin County5
- Camden County5
- Gates County5
- Pasquotank County5
- Anson County5
- Montgomery County5
- Carteret County5
- Orange County5
- Caswell County4
- Forsyth County4
- Person County4
- Currituck County4
- Dare County4
- Union County4
- Catawba County4
- Davie County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Rowan County4
- Alamance County4
- Wilkes County3
- Stanly County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Cleveland County3
- Gaston County3
- Henderson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Polk County3
- Rutherford County3
- Transylvania County3
- Davidson County3
- Guilford County3
- Alleghany County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Watauga County2
- Randolph County2
- Ashe County1
- Avery County1
- Mitchell County1
- Yancey County1
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Sources
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