Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, May 1989
22 tornado warnings in May 1989. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- May 6, 198912 tornado 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 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Scotland | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 66 min |
| May 5, 4:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| May 5, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland | 51 min |
| May 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander, Wilkes | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anson, Cabarrus, Stanly, Union | 64 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Forsyth, Stokes | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 53 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 53 min |
| May 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Bertie | 37 min |
| May 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County4
- Rockingham County3
- Davie County2
- Rowan County2
- Forsyth County2
- Davidson County2
- Guilford County2
- Randolph County2
- Scotland County1
- Hoke County1
- Moore County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Durham County1
- Granville County1
- Caldwell County1
- Iredell County1
- Alexander County1
- Wilkes County1
- Anson County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Stanly County1
- Yadkin County1
- Stokes County1
- Alamance County1
- Caswell County1
- Bertie County1
- Pender County1
Nearby
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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.