Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2013
47 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 47
- Busiest day
- May 21, 201313 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 59 min |
| May 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 61 min |
| May 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 38 min |
| May 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 45 min |
| May 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 34 min |
| May 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 51 min |
| May 6, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 61 min |
| May 11, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 65 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 45 min |
| May 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 58 min |
| May 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 60 min |
| May 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 57 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 63 min |
| May 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 60 min |
| May 20, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 65 min |
| May 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| May 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 66 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 58 min |
| May 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 64 min |
| May 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 62 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 37 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 61 min |
| May 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 67 min |
| May 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 46 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Swain | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 41 min |
| May 21, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 35 min |
| May 21, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 65 min |
| May 22, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| May 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 56 min |
| May 22, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Swain | 66 min |
| May 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey | 56 min |
| May 22, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 62 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 66 min |
| May 22, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 44 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buncombe County6
- Transylvania County5
- Iredell County4
- Jackson County4
- Alexander County3
- Wilkes County3
- Surry County3
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Madison County3
- Union County3
- Henderson County3
- Watauga County3
- Yadkin County2
- Alleghany County2
- Stokes County2
- McDowell County2
- Rutherford County2
- Macon County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Swain County2
- Polk County2
- Franklin County1
- Wake County1
- Davie County1
- Carteret County1
- Craven County1
- Pamlico County1
- Alamance County1
- Orange County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Camden County1
- Currituck County1
- Haywood County1
- Cherokee County1
- Avery County1
- Graham County1
- Mitchell County1
- Ashe County1
1 more counties
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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.