Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2001
85 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 85
- Busiest day
- May 26, 200125 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 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 33 min |
| May 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 25 min |
| May 12, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 36 min |
| May 12, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| May 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 62 min |
| May 12, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 24 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 49 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 19 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 60 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 45 min |
| May 12, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 41 min |
| May 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 47 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 41 min |
| May 12, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 50 min |
| May 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| May 12, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 12, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 46 min |
| May 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 34 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 46 min |
| May 21, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 26 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 59 min |
| May 22, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 37 min |
| May 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 31 min |
| May 25, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 17 min |
| May 25, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| May 25, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 31 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 67 min |
| May 26, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 36 min |
| May 26, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 26, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 45 min |
| May 26, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 42 min |
| May 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 45 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 49 min |
| May 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 43 min |
| May 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 37 min |
| May 26, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 23 min |
| May 28, 9:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 42 min |
| May 28, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 45 min |
| May 28, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 28 min |
| May 28, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 39 min |
| May 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 50 min |
| May 28, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| May 28, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 62 min |
| May 28, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Duplin County6
- Columbus County5
- Bladen County5
- Onslow County5
- Jones County5
- Harnett County4
- Wayne County4
- Lenoir County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Nash County3
- Johnston County3
- Halifax County3
- Greene County3
- Pender County3
- Stanly County3
- Guilford County3
- Granville County2
- Wake County2
- Cumberland County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Pitt County2
- Beaufort County2
- Cabarrus County2
- Union County2
- Polk County2
- Rutherford County2
- Brunswick County2
- Craven County2
- Hyde County2
- Franklin County1
- Sampson County1
- Washington County1
- Chatham County1
- Rockingham County1
- Buncombe County1
- Transylvania County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Davidson County1
- Randolph 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.