Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2017

150 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 150
Busiest day: May 5, 201729 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, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford	42 min
May 1, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	44 min
May 1, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes	58 min
May 1, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	25 min
May 1, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	65 min
May 1, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	39 min
May 1, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	41 min
May 1, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	65 min
May 1, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	62 min
May 1, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph	51 min
May 1, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	77 min
May 5, 2:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	45 min
May 5, 2:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Stanly	52 min
May 5, 2:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	63 min
May 5, 2:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	42 min
May 5, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	63 min
May 5, 3:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	41 min
May 5, 3:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance	43 min
May 5, 3:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	54 min
May 5, 3:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Moore	60 min
May 5, 3:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	40 min
May 5, 4:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Orange	42 min
May 5, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	64 min
May 5, 4:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	59 min
May 5, 4:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Person, Wake	61 min
May 5, 4:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	40 min
May 5, 4:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	37 min
May 5, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	49 min
May 5, 5:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance	44 min
May 5, 5:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	41 min
May 5, 5:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	63 min
May 5, 5:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	52 min
May 5, 6:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	43 min
May 5, 6:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	35 min
May 5, 6:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	52 min
May 5, 7:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	41 min
May 5, 7:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	50 min
May 5, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Gates, Pasquotank	52 min
May 5, 8:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	46 min
May 5, 9:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	60 min
May 9, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	60 min
May 9, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	54 min
May 9, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	52 min
May 10, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	56 min
May 10, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	53 min
May 11, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	35 min
May 11, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	40 min
May 11, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	63 min
May 11, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	57 min
May 11, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	62 min
May 11, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	31 min
May 11, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	57 min
May 11, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Wake	56 min
May 11, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt	52 min
May 11, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson	37 min
May 11, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt	44 min
May 18, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	32 min
May 19, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	28 min
May 19, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	42 min
May 19, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Caldwell	42 min
May 19, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	28 min
May 19, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	25 min
May 19, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Caldwell	38 min
May 19, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	42 min
May 19, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	41 min
May 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	60 min
May 19, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	51 min
May 19, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	46 min
May 19, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie	27 min
May 19, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	53 min
May 19, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	67 min
May 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange	38 min
May 19, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	42 min
May 20, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde	41 min
May 20, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	26 min
May 20, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	23 min
May 22, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	41 min
May 22, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	46 min
May 22, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	40 min
May 24, 11:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	47 min
May 24, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	43 min
May 24, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	45 min
May 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	65 min
May 24, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	58 min
May 24, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	52 min
May 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	48 min
May 24, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	38 min
May 24, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	54 min
May 24, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	55 min
May 24, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	37 min
May 25, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	42 min
May 25, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange, Person	40 min
May 25, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	44 min
May 25, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	25 min
May 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	47 min
May 25, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	24 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	45 min
May 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	39 min
May 25, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	37 min
May 25, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance	21 min
May 27, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	24 min
May 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	58 min
May 27, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gates, Hertford, Northampton	44 min
May 27, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford	48 min
May 27, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell	73 min
May 27, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	29 min
May 27, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck	43 min
May 27, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	55 min
May 27, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	50 min
May 27, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Transylvania and 1 more	53 min
May 27, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	47 min
May 27, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell	31 min
May 28, 12:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	57 min
May 28, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	54 min
May 28, 12:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Rutherford	59 min
May 28, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	40 min
May 28, 1:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	55 min
May 28, 2:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	70 min
May 28, 2:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	40 min
May 28, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	51 min
May 28, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck	22 min
May 28, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus, Robeson	54 min
May 28, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	30 min
May 28, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	41 min
May 29, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	40 min
May 29, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	46 min
May 29, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	18 min
May 29, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	24 min
May 29, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	52 min
May 30, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	54 min
May 30, 1:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Jones, Onslow	47 min
May 30, 8:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Onslow	43 min
May 30, 8:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven	49 min
May 30, 8:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Hyde	49 min
May 31, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	40 min
May 31, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	20 min
May 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	42 min
May 31, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	28 min
May 31, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	45 min
May 31, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	46 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	24 min
May 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	45 min
May 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Pamlico	42 min
May 31, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	47 min
May 31, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	39 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	51 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes, Surry	65 min
May 31, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	39 min
May 31, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	42 min
May 31, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	17 min

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