Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2008

183 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 183
Busiest day: May 20, 200870 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 4, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell	23 min
May 4, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	32 min
May 4, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	20 min
May 4, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	57 min
May 4, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	45 min
May 5, 2:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	40 min
May 5, 8:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Pamlico	51 min
May 5, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	36 min
May 5, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	38 min
May 5, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	62 min
May 5, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	30 min
May 5, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	42 min
May 5, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Scotland	39 min
May 5, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	67 min
May 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	66 min
May 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	51 min
May 5, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	48 min
May 5, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	40 min
May 8, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	57 min
May 8, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	62 min
May 8, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell	61 min
May 8, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	43 min
May 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	43 min
May 8, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	59 min
May 8, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Person	52 min
May 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	57 min
May 8, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	56 min
May 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	46 min
May 8, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	53 min
May 8, 10:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	47 min
May 9, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	45 min
May 9, 1:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	39 min
May 9, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	28 min
May 9, 7:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	40 min
May 9, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	49 min
May 9, 9:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	48 min
May 9, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	36 min
May 9, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	62 min
May 9, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain	82 min
May 9, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	33 min
May 9, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania	62 min
May 9, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	46 min
May 9, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	62 min
May 9, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	46 min
May 9, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	41 min
May 9, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	51 min
May 9, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee	46 min
May 9, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	41 min
May 9, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	27 min
May 9, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange	40 min
May 10, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	38 min
May 10, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Wake	46 min
May 10, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore	30 min
May 10, 12:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	60 min
May 10, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	30 min
May 10, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Jones, Onslow	64 min
May 10, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	47 min
May 10, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	18 min
May 10, 1:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	42 min
May 10, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	53 min
May 10, 2:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	36 min
May 10, 6:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	16 min
May 11, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	46 min
May 11, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry	37 min
May 11, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	47 min
May 11, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	60 min
May 11, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	42 min
May 11, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	37 min
May 11, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	41 min
May 11, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	48 min
May 11, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, New Hanover, Pender	47 min
May 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	43 min
May 11, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	38 min
May 11, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Jones, Onslow	44 min
May 11, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Jones, Onslow	43 min
May 11, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven	36 min
May 11, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	47 min
May 11, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	26 min
May 11, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	43 min
May 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	48 min
May 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	33 min
May 11, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	62 min
May 11, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	24 min
May 11, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	29 min
May 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Washington	32 min
May 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	45 min
May 11, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	39 min
May 11, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	35 min
May 11, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Currituck	15 min
May 11, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	42 min
May 11, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	42 min
May 11, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	41 min
May 11, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	54 min
May 11, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	24 min
May 11, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	54 min
May 16, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	24 min
May 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	50 min
May 18, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	65 min
May 20, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	61 min
May 20, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes	57 min
May 20, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	61 min
May 20, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance, Warren	65 min
May 20, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	54 min
May 20, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	48 min
May 20, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	31 min
May 20, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	46 min
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	37 min
May 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	56 min
May 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan	75 min
May 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	30 min
May 20, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	37 min
May 20, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	51 min
May 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir	47 min
May 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	62 min
May 20, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Swain	61 min
May 20, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank	25 min
May 20, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	65 min
May 20, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	37 min
May 20, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange	46 min
May 20, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	25 min
May 20, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash	64 min
May 20, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	48 min
May 20, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake	58 min
May 20, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	40 min
May 20, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow	52 min
May 20, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	67 min
May 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans	48 min
May 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	48 min
May 20, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	30 min
May 20, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	59 min
May 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	30 min
May 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	39 min
May 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	61 min
May 20, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	39 min
May 20, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Orange and 1 more	47 min
May 20, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	75 min
May 20, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	59 min
May 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	42 min
May 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	51 min
May 20, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	31 min
May 20, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	59 min
May 20, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	41 min
May 20, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	55 min
May 20, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	36 min
May 20, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	62 min
May 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	60 min
May 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Randolph	45 min
May 20, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	36 min
May 20, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington	55 min
May 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	64 min
May 20, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	41 min
May 20, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	55 min
May 20, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	29 min
May 20, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	65 min
May 20, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	43 min
May 20, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	42 min
May 20, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	52 min
May 20, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	43 min
May 20, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Lenoir	49 min
May 20, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	32 min
May 20, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	58 min
May 20, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	35 min
May 20, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	50 min
May 20, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	42 min
May 20, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pamlico	52 min
May 20, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	45 min
May 20, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	41 min
May 20, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Onslow	64 min
May 20, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	47 min
May 20, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	52 min
May 20, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Onslow	37 min
May 20, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	42 min
May 20, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Pender	28 min
May 31, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	54 min
May 31, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	54 min
May 31, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange, Person	49 min
May 31, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	67 min
May 31, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	41 min
May 31, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	51 min
May 31, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	66 min
May 31, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Wake	47 min
May 31, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	38 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Wake	19 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.