Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 1998
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, May 1998
34 tornado warnings in May 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- May 7, 199815 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, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 33 min |
| May 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 47 min |
| May 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 31 min |
| May 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 49 min |
| May 7, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 16 min |
| May 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| May 7, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| May 7, 11:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 35 min |
| May 7, 11:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 32 min |
| May 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 15 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 31 min |
| May 27, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Davidson County3
- Craven County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Caswell County2
- Iredell County2
- Forsyth County2
- Guilford County2
- Rockingham County2
- New Hanover County2
- Granville County2
- Person County2
- Hertford County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- McDowell County1
- Alexander County1
- Lincoln County1
- Rowan County1
- Randolph County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Alamance County1
- Chatham County1
- Pender County1
- Moore County1
- Lee County1
- Stokes County1
- Vance County1
- Warren County1
- Montgomery County1
- Richmond County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19971999
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.