Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, May 2021
46 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 46
- Busiest day
- May 29, 202112 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 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| May 4, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 40 min |
| May 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 44 min |
| May 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| May 4, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 53 min |
| May 4, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 61 min |
| May 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 40 min |
| May 4, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 36 min |
| May 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 28 min |
| May 7, 9:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| May 7, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 25 min |
| May 7, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 10, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 10, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 36 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Orange, Wake | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 52 min |
| May 10, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 19 min |
| May 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 55 min |
| May 28, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 27 min |
| May 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 56 min |
| May 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 45 min |
| May 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 60 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 52 min |
| May 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson | 39 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 25 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harnett County7
- Guilford County6
- Alamance County5
- Randolph County5
- Bladen County4
- Davidson County4
- Rowan County4
- Johnston County4
- Wayne County4
- Durham County3
- Orange County3
- Moore County3
- Camden County3
- Currituck County3
- Forsyth County3
- Chatham County3
- Wilson County3
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Robeson County2
- Hoke County2
- Sampson County2
- Pender County2
- Lee County2
- Wake County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Beaufort County1
- Hyde County1
- Columbus County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Jackson County1
- Macon County1
- Swain County1
- Granville County1
- Person County1
- Union County1
- Anson County1
- Richmond 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.