Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2003

209 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 209
Busiest day: May 2, 200333 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	47 min
May 2, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	76 min
May 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	56 min
May 2, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	58 min
May 2, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	63 min
May 2, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rutherford	62 min
May 2, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	46 min
May 2, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	58 min
May 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	49 min
May 2, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	52 min
May 2, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	40 min
May 2, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe	36 min
May 2, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	63 min
May 2, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	71 min
May 2, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany	35 min
May 2, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan, Union	53 min
May 2, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	67 min
May 2, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	22 min
May 2, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	44 min
May 2, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	22 min
May 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	23 min
May 2, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	34 min
May 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	43 min
May 2, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	50 min
May 2, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore, Scotland	47 min
May 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	15 min
May 2, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	62 min
May 2, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	30 min
May 2, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	40 min
May 2, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	71 min
May 2, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	37 min
May 2, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	68 min
May 2, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee	32 min
May 2, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	24 min
May 3, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	45 min
May 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	25 min
May 3, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe	23 min
May 3, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	38 min
May 3, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	51 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	46 min
May 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander	45 min
May 3, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	24 min
May 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	36 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	49 min
May 3, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	40 min
May 3, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	58 min
May 3, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander	49 min
May 3, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	44 min
May 3, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	47 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	14 min
May 3, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	53 min
May 3, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	25 min
May 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	23 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery	49 min
May 3, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	47 min
May 3, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	60 min
May 3, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	23 min
May 3, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	46 min
May 3, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	57 min
May 3, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	65 min
May 3, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	30 min
May 3, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	41 min
May 3, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	51 min
May 3, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	48 min
May 3, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson	49 min
May 3, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	72 min
May 3, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	55 min
May 3, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	37 min
May 3, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	63 min
May 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	57 min
May 3, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	36 min
May 3, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	80 min
May 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	26 min
May 3, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	49 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	31 min
May 3, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	47 min
May 3, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	74 min
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	77 min
May 3, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	74 min
May 3, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	92 min
May 3, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	42 min
May 5, 10:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	48 min
May 5, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	43 min
May 5, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon	50 min
May 5, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson	41 min
May 6, 6:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	39 min
May 6, 6:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	33 min
May 8, 4:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	43 min
May 9, 3:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery	59 min
May 9, 3:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	41 min
May 9, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	12 min
May 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	37 min
May 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Washington	37 min
May 9, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	25 min
May 9, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	31 min
May 9, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance	21 min
May 9, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	38 min
May 9, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	35 min
May 9, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	54 min
May 9, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	16 min
May 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pamlico	41 min
May 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hyde	22 min
May 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	37 min
May 9, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Pitt	40 min
May 9, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	16 min
May 9, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	13 min
May 9, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pamlico	29 min
May 9, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene	26 min
May 9, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Pitt	29 min
May 9, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven	34 min
May 10, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	79 min
May 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	40 min
May 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	56 min
May 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	29 min
May 10, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	53 min
May 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	30 min
May 10, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance	32 min
May 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	67 min
May 10, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	43 min
May 10, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	36 min
May 10, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	47 min
May 10, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	41 min
May 15, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	43 min
May 15, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	50 min
May 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	44 min
May 15, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mitchell	38 min
May 15, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery	49 min
May 15, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell	48 min
May 15, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Iredell	42 min
May 15, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	53 min
May 15, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	63 min
May 15, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	53 min
May 15, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander	45 min
May 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	32 min
May 15, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	56 min
May 15, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	54 min
May 15, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	47 min
May 15, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Rutherford	62 min
May 15, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	65 min
May 15, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	61 min
May 15, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	79 min
May 15, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	46 min
May 15, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	49 min
May 15, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	61 min
May 15, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	29 min
May 15, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon	64 min
May 15, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	56 min
May 15, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston	45 min
May 15, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	45 min
May 15, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	62 min
May 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	43 min
May 25, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	54 min
May 25, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	41 min
May 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	61 min
May 25, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore	45 min
May 25, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	53 min
May 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	33 min
May 25, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	32 min
May 25, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	29 min
May 25, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	31 min
May 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	24 min
May 25, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	30 min
May 25, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	42 min
May 27, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	66 min
May 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	37 min
May 29, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Pender	58 min
May 29, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Washington	27 min
May 29, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	27 min
May 29, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	45 min
May 29, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	34 min
May 29, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	25 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	19 min
May 29, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hyde	52 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	23 min
May 29, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Lenoir	48 min
May 29, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	56 min
May 29, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	45 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	54 min
May 29, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde	25 min
May 29, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	36 min
May 29, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Pamlico	44 min
May 29, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hyde	30 min
May 29, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	54 min
May 29, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	61 min
May 31, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Moore	34 min
May 31, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	21 min
May 31, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	26 min
May 31, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson	50 min
May 31, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	34 min
May 31, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln, Mecklenburg	49 min
May 31, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	59 min
May 31, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	14 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	46 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	61 min
May 31, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	48 min
May 31, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson	53 min
May 31, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Pender	57 min
May 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	27 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover	73 min
May 31, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham	41 min
May 31, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	43 min
May 31, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	37 min
May 31, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	57 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	39 min
May 31, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	38 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford	31 min
May 31, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gates	38 min
May 31, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	49 min
May 31, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	52 min

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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.