Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 1998
279 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
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- May 8, 199858 severe thunderstorm warnings
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 32 min |
| May 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 35 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 29 min |
| May 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 50 min |
| May 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 1, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 35 min |
| May 2, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 35 min |
| May 3, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 64 min |
| May 3, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 61 min |
| May 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 61 min |
| May 4, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 34 min |
| May 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 64 min |
| May 4, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 64 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 28 min |
| May 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 33 min |
| May 4, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 59 min |
| May 4, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 31 min |
| May 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 47 min |
| May 4, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 35 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 44 min |
| May 4, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 48 min |
| May 4, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 47 min |
| May 4, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 45 min |
| May 4, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 64 min |
| May 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 48 min |
| May 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 44 min |
| May 7, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 49 min |
| May 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 51 min |
| May 7, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 35 min |
| May 7, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 46 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 49 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 48 min |
| May 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 60 min |
| May 7, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 20 min |
| May 7, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 50 min |
| May 7, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 34 min |
| May 7, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery | 34 min |
| May 7, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 32 min |
| May 7, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 47 min |
| May 8, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 46 min |
| May 8, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 47 min |
| May 8, 7:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 35 min |
| May 8, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 37 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 8, 9:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 64 min |
| May 8, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 47 min |
| May 8, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 31 min |
| May 8, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 31 min |
| May 8, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 36 min |
| May 8, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 50 min |
| May 8, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 18 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 46 min |
| May 8, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| May 8, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 36 min |
| May 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 45 min |
| May 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Perquimans | 19 min |
| May 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 51 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 17 min |
| May 8, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 48 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Pender | 34 min |
| May 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pitt | 47 min |
| May 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 51 min |
| May 8, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 31 min |
| May 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 17 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 33 min |
| May 17, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 47 min |
| May 17, 2:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 48 min |
| May 17, 3:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 33 min |
| May 17, 11:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 41 min |
| May 17, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| May 17, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 63 min |
| May 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 62 min |
| May 17, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 17, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 29 min |
| May 20, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 16 min |
| May 20, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| May 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| May 20, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 29 min |
| May 20, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 61 min |
| May 20, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 48 min |
| May 21, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 61 min |
| May 21, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 45 min |
| May 23, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 47 min |
| May 23, 7:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 34 min |
| May 23, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| May 23, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 50 min |
| May 23, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| May 23, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
| May 23, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 32 min |
| May 23, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 35 min |
| May 23, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 50 min |
| May 23, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 50 min |
| May 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 35 min |
| May 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 35 min |
| May 23, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 41 min |
| May 23, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 35 min |
| May 23, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 47 min |
| May 23, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 48 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 30 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 50 min |
| May 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 40 min |
| May 25, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 50 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 61 min |
| May 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 64 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 35 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 34 min |
| May 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 21 min |
| May 26, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 16 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 46 min |
| May 27, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 48 min |
| May 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| May 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 33 min |
| May 27, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 36 min |
| May 27, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 48 min |
| May 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 27, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 38 min |
| May 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| May 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 65 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 63 min |
| May 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 51 min |
| May 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 34 min |
| May 27, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- New Hanover County15
- Pender County12
- Brunswick County11
- Northampton County8
- Columbus County8
- Sampson County8
- Wayne County8
- Onslow County8
- Bladen County7
- Duplin County7
- Guilford County6
- Person County6
- Granville County6
- Craven County6
- Stokes County6
- Wake County6
- Johnston County6
- Cherokee County5
- Cumberland County5
- Beaufort County5
- Carteret County5
- Randolph County5
- Surry County5
- Halifax County4
- Franklin County4
- Rutherford County4
- Robeson County4
- Pamlico County4
- Madison County4
- Wilkes County4
- Caldwell County4
- Iredell County4
- Chatham County4
- Harnett County4
- Lenoir County4
- Hyde County4
- Moore County4
- Rowan County3
- Alamance County3
- Caswell County3
44 more counties
- Warren County3
- Hertford County3
- Vance County3
- Wilson County3
- Jones County3
- Buncombe County3
- McDowell County3
- Yadkin County3
- Clay County3
- Burke County3
- Forsyth County3
- Ashe County3
- Rockingham County3
- Pitt County3
- Dare County3
- Davidson County2
- Avery County2
- Nash County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Currituck County2
- Yancey County2
- Watauga County2
- Alexander County2
- Graham County2
- Haywood County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Montgomery County2
- Stanly County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Greene County2
- Catawba County2
- Scotland County2
- Polk County1
- Mitchell County1
- Davie County1
- Camden County1
- Lee County1
- Durham County1
- Henderson County1
- Hoke County1
- Cleveland County1
- Richmond County1
- Cabarrus County1
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Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19971999
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.