Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2016

101 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 101
Busiest day: May 2, 201628 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, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	38 min
May 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison, Yancey	23 min
May 1, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	48 min
May 1, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	39 min
May 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	46 min
May 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	48 min
May 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	63 min
May 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	50 min
May 2, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	51 min
May 2, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	42 min
May 2, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	24 min
May 2, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	49 min
May 2, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	38 min
May 2, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	52 min
May 2, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry	31 min
May 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	39 min
May 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	42 min
May 2, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	26 min
May 2, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	64 min
May 2, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	37 min
May 2, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	47 min
May 2, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Wake	45 min
May 2, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson	45 min
May 2, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	35 min
May 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Iredell	47 min
May 2, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	44 min
May 2, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	27 min
May 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	39 min
May 2, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	40 min
May 2, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	40 min
May 2, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	25 min
May 2, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	64 min
May 2, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	49 min
May 2, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	43 min
May 2, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe	28 min
May 3, 6:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Onslow	30 min
May 3, 6:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	29 min
May 3, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	34 min
May 3, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	61 min
May 3, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	62 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange	46 min
May 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	45 min
May 3, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	40 min
May 3, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	61 min
May 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	51 min
May 3, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Lincoln	41 min
May 3, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	39 min
May 3, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	49 min
May 3, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	50 min
May 3, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	46 min
May 3, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	23 min
May 3, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	44 min
May 3, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	55 min
May 3, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	53 min
May 3, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	53 min
May 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	46 min
May 3, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	26 min
May 3, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	52 min
May 3, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	35 min
May 3, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	48 min
May 3, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	66 min
May 3, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	33 min
May 3, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	45 min
May 3, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	24 min
May 3, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	49 min
May 3, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	47 min
May 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Lenoir, Pitt	46 min
May 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore, Randolph	46 min
May 3, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	23 min
May 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	26 min
May 3, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	65 min
May 3, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	31 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	16 min
May 3, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee, Wake	52 min
May 3, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	57 min
May 3, 11:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	42 min
May 4, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Lenoir	24 min
May 4, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	23 min
May 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	31 min
May 5, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow	44 min
May 11, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	50 min
May 12, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	19 min
May 12, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	50 min
May 12, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	63 min
May 12, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	61 min
May 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	45 min
May 12, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	51 min
May 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	34 min
May 12, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	47 min
May 12, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	31 min
May 12, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	67 min
May 12, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	37 min
May 12, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	53 min
May 12, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	65 min
May 12, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	34 min
May 12, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	33 min
May 21, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	50 min
May 21, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	49 min
May 21, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	49 min
May 22, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange	45 min
May 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	45 min

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Sources

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