Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 1997
48 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 48
- Busiest day
- May 1, 199720 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 36 min |
| May 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 28 min |
| May 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 46 min |
| May 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wake | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 45 min |
| May 1, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
| May 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 52 min |
| May 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 50 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 18 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 31 min |
| May 1, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 30 min |
| May 3, 7:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| May 3, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| May 3, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 35 min |
| May 3, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 3, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 43 min |
| May 3, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 50 min |
| May 3, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 29 min |
| May 3, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 39 min |
| May 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 59 min |
| May 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 48 min |
| May 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 45 min |
| May 13, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 59 min |
| May 13, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 63 min |
| May 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 53 min |
| May 15, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 41 min |
| May 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 17 min |
| May 15, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 34 min |
| May 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 64 min |
| May 15, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 20 min |
| May 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 20 min |
| May 20, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 41 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilson County4
- Wake County3
- Pitt County3
- Gates County3
- Martin County3
- Camden County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Franklin County2
- Randolph County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Bertie County2
- Washington County2
- Currituck County2
- Onslow County2
- Craven County2
- Davidson County1
- Iredell County1
- Chatham County1
- Durham County1
- Nash County1
- Northampton County1
- Hertford County1
- Johnston County1
- Union County1
- Wayne County1
- Greene County1
- Beaufort County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Rockingham County1
- Pamlico County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Dare County1
- Chowan County1
- Brunswick County1
- Moore County1
- Carteret 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.