Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2017

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, May 2017

42 tornado 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
42
Busiest day
May 5, 201719 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCaswell, Rockingham24 min
May 5, 1:50 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion25 min
May 5, 2:21 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson, Montgomery, Randolph39 min
May 5, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly40 min
May 5, 4:36 AM EDTTornado WarningILMNew Hanover, Pender24 min
May 5, 4:55 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Columbus20 min
May 5, 5:13 AM EDTTornado WarningILMPender32 min
May 5, 5:18 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow42 min
May 5, 5:29 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Pitt31 min
May 5, 5:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXJones, Onslow35 min
May 5, 6:17 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington43 min
May 5, 6:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Jones, Pitt32 min
May 5, 6:52 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie23 min
May 5, 6:54 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin21 min
May 5, 7:03 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pitt42 min
May 5, 7:13 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Chowan32 min
May 5, 7:30 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Washington30 min
May 5, 7:34 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie26 min
May 5, 7:44 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Washington6 min
May 5, 8:02 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank28 min
May 23, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHSampson34 min
May 23, 5:24 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedRAHSampson36 min
May 23, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Tyrrell49 min
May 23, 5:42 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMHXDuplin32 min
May 23, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare38 min
May 24, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan34 min
May 24, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHForsyth52 min
May 24, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPDavie, Iredell18 min
May 24, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell31 min
May 24, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion29 min
May 24, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKYadkin27 min
May 24, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, McDowell37 min
May 24, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen, Robeson27 min
May 24, 4:42 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedRNKStokes, Surry, Yadkin33 min
May 24, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson40 min
May 24, 5:09 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedRNKStokes36 min
May 24, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne45 min
May 24, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHNash12 min
May 24, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe23 min
May 24, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin36 min
May 24, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHalifax23 min
May 24, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie42 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.