Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 1990
62 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1990. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1990. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 62
- Busiest day
- May 1, 199022 severe thunderstorm warnings
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, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 58 min |
| May 1, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 56 min |
| May 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 58 min |
| May 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 61 min |
| May 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| May 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 58 min |
| May 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 49 min |
| May 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford, Rockingham | 50 min |
| May 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 57 min |
| May 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 60 min |
| May 1, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 69 min |
| May 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 69 min |
| May 1, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell, Rowan | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 68 min |
| May 1, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 66 min |
| May 1, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 52 min |
| May 1, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 55 min |
| May 1, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene, Lenoir | 65 min |
| May 1, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Sampson | 59 min |
| May 2, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 53 min |
| May 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 41 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander | 51 min |
| May 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davie, Iredell | 52 min |
| May 2, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson | 42 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 67 min |
| May 2, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 43 min |
| May 2, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander | 34 min |
| May 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davie, Iredell | 64 min |
| May 2, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| May 2, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rowan | 54 min |
| May 2, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson | 66 min |
| May 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson, Union | 69 min |
| May 2, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Randolph | 50 min |
| May 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 41 min |
| May 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 41 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 64 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Northampton | 26 min |
| May 10, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Bertie, Hertford | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Gates | 52 min |
| May 17, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 58 min |
| May 20, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort | 39 min |
| May 20, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort, Craven, Jones | 65 min |
| May 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 47 min |
| May 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 47 min |
| May 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 53 min |
| May 21, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford, Rockingham | 58 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 59 min |
| May 28, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 28 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 50 min |
| May 29, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 69 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Iredell County6
- Guilford County4
- Robeson County3
- Alexander County3
- Rowan County3
- Beaufort County3
- Bladen County2
- Swain County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Rockingham County2
- Gaston County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Harnett County2
- Davie County2
- Davidson County2
- Randolph County2
- Craven County2
- Alamance County2
- Scotland County1
- Columbus County1
- Brunswick County1
- Avery County1
- Graham County1
- Stokes County1
- Cherokee County1
- Caldwell County1
- Burke County1
- Chatham County1
- Durham County1
- Orange County1
- Wake County1
- Johnston County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
- Greene County1
- Lenoir County1
- Sampson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Henderson County1
22 more counties
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Anson County1
- Union County1
- Hoke County1
- Moore County1
- Lee County1
- Nash County1
- Halifax County1
- Northampton County1
- Bertie County1
- Hertford County1
- Gates County1
- New Hanover County1
- Jones County1
- Pamlico County1
- Onslow County1
- Cleveland County1
- Lincoln County1
- Catawba County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans 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.