Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2002. Tap one for its archive.

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, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	46 min
May 1, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	41 min
May 2, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Vance, Warren	23 min
May 2, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	40 min
May 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	45 min
May 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	39 min
May 2, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	39 min
May 2, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	29 min
May 2, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	29 min
May 2, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	31 min
May 2, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	49 min
May 2, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	31 min
May 2, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	38 min
May 2, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	37 min
May 2, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	44 min
May 2, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	33 min
May 2, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	43 min
May 2, 10:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	37 min
May 2, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	47 min
May 2, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	36 min
May 7, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	25 min
May 7, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	33 min
May 7, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	29 min
May 7, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander	49 min
May 7, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	42 min
May 7, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	60 min
May 7, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	40 min
May 7, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	21 min
May 8, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Davie, Iredell	28 min
May 8, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Iredell	26 min
May 10, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	47 min
May 10, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	37 min
May 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	41 min
May 10, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	31 min
May 10, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	40 min
May 10, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	60 min
May 10, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba	40 min
May 10, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	60 min
May 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	29 min
May 10, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	42 min
May 10, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	59 min
May 13, 10:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	63 min
May 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	48 min
May 13, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	56 min
May 13, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Madison	54 min
May 13, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	47 min
May 13, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	41 min
May 13, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	30 min
May 13, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	39 min
May 13, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	43 min
May 13, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	37 min
May 13, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	32 min
May 13, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	49 min
May 13, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	46 min
May 13, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	52 min
May 13, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	34 min
May 13, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	48 min
May 13, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	43 min
May 13, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	36 min
May 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	46 min
May 13, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	29 min
May 13, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	55 min
May 13, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	25 min
May 13, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	22 min
May 13, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	31 min
May 13, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	44 min
May 13, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	28 min
May 13, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	33 min
May 13, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	23 min
May 13, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	34 min
May 13, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	29 min
May 13, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville	26 min
May 13, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Scotland	34 min
May 13, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	24 min
May 13, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	14 min
May 13, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	32 min
May 13, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	41 min
May 13, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash, Wilson	24 min
May 13, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	36 min
May 13, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	28 min
May 13, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	42 min
May 13, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Lenoir	54 min
May 13, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Martin, Pitt	37 min
May 13, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	51 min
May 13, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	32 min
May 13, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	59 min
May 13, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	54 min
May 13, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	46 min
May 13, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	29 min
May 13, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	44 min
May 13, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Washington	58 min
May 13, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	46 min
May 13, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	51 min
May 13, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Lenoir	20 min
May 13, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	23 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

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