Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2012
153 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 153
- Busiest day
- May 22, 201231 severe thunderstorm warnings
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By day
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 56 min |
| May 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 67 min |
| May 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 43 min |
| May 1, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| May 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 62 min |
| May 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 54 min |
| May 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 57 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 59 min |
| May 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 58 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 35 min |
| May 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 55 min |
| May 1, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance, Warren | 80 min |
| May 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 47 min |
| May 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 58 min |
| May 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Wake | 44 min |
| May 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 22 min |
| May 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 35 min |
| May 1, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates | 51 min |
| May 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 49 min |
| May 1, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 55 min |
| May 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 54 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 27 min |
| May 2, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 31 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 32 min |
| May 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 44 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 47 min |
| May 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 57 min |
| May 4, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 56 min |
| May 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 67 min |
| May 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 15 min |
| May 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 29 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person | 58 min |
| May 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 66 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 23 min |
| May 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 48 min |
| May 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 41 min |
| May 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 39 min |
| May 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 68 min |
| May 14, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 39 min |
| May 14, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 34 min |
| May 14, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 59 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 59 min |
| May 14, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 38 min |
| May 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 65 min |
| May 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| May 14, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 76 min |
| May 15, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 9 min |
| May 15, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 26 min |
| May 15, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Rutherford | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 52 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 33 min |
| May 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 48 min |
| May 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 54 min |
| May 16, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| May 16, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 35 min |
| May 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 46 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 30 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 55 min |
| May 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 52 min |
| May 16, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 53 min |
| May 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood | 54 min |
| May 17, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 24 min |
| May 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 28 min |
| May 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 66 min |
| May 21, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 39 min |
| May 22, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 38 min |
| May 22, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 43 min |
| May 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 56 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| May 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 54 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 39 min |
| May 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 42 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 57 min |
| May 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 22 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 20 min |
| May 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 15 min |
| May 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 42 min |
| May 22, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 35 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 60 min |
| May 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 56 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 51 min |
| May 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 65 min |
| May 22, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 56 min |
| May 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 53 min |
| May 22, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 41 min |
| May 22, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 52 min |
| May 22, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 28 min |
| May 22, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 33 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 43 min |
| May 23, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 63 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 38 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 15 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 46 min |
| May 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 42 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 46 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 46 min |
| May 29, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Iredell | 22 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Johnston County13
- Wake County12
- Columbus County12
- Bladen County11
- Beaufort County10
- Sampson County10
- Surry County8
- Caldwell County7
- Granville County7
- Wayne County7
- Pitt County7
- Wilkes County6
- Rutherford County6
- Burke County6
- Durham County6
- Harnett County6
- Robeson County6
- Pender County6
- Buncombe County5
- Stokes County5
- Halifax County5
- Franklin County5
- Cumberland County5
- Hoke County5
- Moore County5
- Avery County4
- Polk County4
- Yadkin County4
- Forsyth County4
- Gates County4
- Iredell County4
- Martin County4
- McDowell County3
- Henderson County3
- Person County3
- Warren County3
- Hertford County3
- Hyde County3
- Wilson County3
- Edgecombe County3
50 more counties
- Duplin County3
- Jones County3
- Onslow County3
- Brunswick County3
- Chatham County3
- Richmond County3
- Scotland County3
- Cleveland County3
- Davidson County3
- Randolph County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Mitchell County2
- Yancey County2
- Guilford County2
- Vance County2
- Davie County2
- Orange County2
- Camden County2
- Haywood County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Greene County2
- Lenoir County2
- Craven County2
- New Hanover County2
- Macon County2
- Gaston County2
- Washington County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Alexander County2
- Rowan County2
- Bertie County2
- Transylvania County1
- Northampton County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Alleghany County1
- Swain County1
- Union County1
- Nash County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Anson County1
- Catawba County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stanly 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.