Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2004
144 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 144
- Busiest day
- May 23, 200434 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 2, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 48 min |
| May 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 16 min |
| May 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 35 min |
| May 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 30 min |
| May 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan | 37 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 58 min |
| May 2, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 32 min |
| May 2, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 39 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 37 min |
| May 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 29 min |
| May 8, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| May 8, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 44 min |
| May 8, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 8, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 48 min |
| May 9, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 46 min |
| May 9, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 44 min |
| May 9, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 54 min |
| May 9, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 46 min |
| May 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| May 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 44 min |
| May 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 51 min |
| May 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 17 min |
| May 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 55 min |
| May 9, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 26 min |
| May 16, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 36 min |
| May 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| May 19, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 41 min |
| May 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 23 min |
| May 20, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 24 min |
| May 20, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 43 min |
| May 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 41 min |
| May 22, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 25 min |
| May 22, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 41 min |
| May 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 34 min |
| May 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 46 min |
| May 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 22, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 28 min |
| May 22, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| May 22, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 27 min |
| May 22, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 52 min |
| May 22, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 37 min |
| May 22, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 26 min |
| May 22, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 54 min |
| May 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 43 min |
| May 22, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 33 min |
| May 23, 12:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 26 min |
| May 23, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 65 min |
| May 23, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 52 min |
| May 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 59 min |
| May 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 42 min |
| May 23, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 45 min |
| May 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
| May 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 48 min |
| May 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| May 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 36 min |
| May 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 25 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| May 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 50 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 22 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 38 min |
| May 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 40 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 34 min |
| May 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 43 min |
| May 26, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 27 min |
| May 26, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 17 min |
| May 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 39 min |
| May 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 52 min |
| May 26, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 29 min |
| May 26, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 48 min |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 20 min |
| May 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 31 min |
| May 26, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 22 min |
| May 26, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 35 min |
| May 26, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 45 min |
| May 26, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 44 min |
| May 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 52 min |
| May 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 42 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 50 min |
| May 31, 2:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 50 min |
| May 31, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 66 min |
| May 31, 4:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 56 min |
| May 31, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 52 min |
| May 31, 5:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 49 min |
| May 31, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harnett County7
- Yancey County6
- Pitt County5
- Haywood County5
- Mitchell County5
- McDowell County5
- Dare County5
- Burke County4
- Buncombe County4
- Davidson County4
- Forsyth County4
- Gaston County4
- Currituck County4
- Greene County3
- Martin County3
- Alexander County3
- Iredell County3
- Caldwell County3
- Madison County3
- Cumberland County3
- Camden County3
- Swain County3
- Wayne County2
- Bertie County2
- Union County2
- Person County2
- Columbus County2
- Robeson County2
- Rutherford County2
- Surry County2
- Stokes County2
- Rowan County2
- Lincoln County2
- Granville County2
- Alleghany County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Clay County2
- Cherokee County2
- Wilson County2
33 more counties
- Duplin County2
- Lenoir County2
- Davie County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Johnston County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Warren County1
- Chowan County1
- Montgomery County1
- Richmond County1
- Jackson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Wilkes County1
- Catawba County1
- Rockingham County1
- Wake County1
- Scotland County1
- Brunswick County1
- Pender County1
- Cleveland County1
- Beaufort County1
- Durham County1
- Yadkin County1
- Alamance County1
- Bladen County1
- Moore County1
- Hyde County1
- Avery County1
- Watauga County1
- Caswell County1
- Polk County1
- Graham County1
- Macon County1
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Sources
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