Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2022
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, May 2022
54 tornado warnings in May 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 54
- Busiest day
- May 6, 202220 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 6, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 24 min |
| May 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 13 min |
| May 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 24 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans | 30 min |
| May 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 42 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| May 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 11 min |
| May 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 33 min |
| May 6, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 19 min |
| May 6, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 26 min |
| May 6, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 15 min |
| May 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 35 min |
| May 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 30 min |
| May 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Robeson | 24 min |
| May 6, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 27 min |
| May 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 35 min |
| May 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 34 min |
| May 6, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 15 min |
| May 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 19 min |
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 31 min |
| May 23, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 22 min |
| May 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 31 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance | 34 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 16 min |
| May 23, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 18 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 40 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 26, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 38 min |
| May 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 24 min |
| May 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 36 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 23 min |
| May 27, 3:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| May 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Catawba County7
- Cleveland County7
- Yadkin County7
- Surry County6
- Alexander County6
- Lincoln County5
- Wilkes County5
- Rutherford County4
- Forsyth County4
- Caswell County4
- Iredell County4
- Burke County3
- Caldwell County3
- Bertie County3
- Chowan County3
- Person County3
- Durham County3
- Gaston County3
- Stokes County3
- Rockingham County3
- Franklin County3
- Wake County3
- Granville County2
- Martin County1
- Washington County1
- Perquimans County1
- Orange County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Robeson County1
- Craven County1
- Jones County1
- Pamlico County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Davidson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Randolph County1
- Stanly County1
- Rowan 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.