Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2025
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, May 2025
17 tornado warnings in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20255 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 4, 12:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| May 5, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 28 min |
| May 5, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 27 min |
| May 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 35 min |
| May 12, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 28 min |
| May 13, 12:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 32 min |
| May 13, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 13, 5:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 27 min |
| May 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 34 min |
| May 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 26 min |
| May 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 33 min |
| May 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 34 min |
| May 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Beaufort County4
- Martin County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Bertie County2
- Washington County2
- Chowan County2
- Gates County2
- Pitt County2
- Gaston County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Hertford County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Halifax County1
- Jones County1
- Onslow County1
- Wilson County1
- Cumberland County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Craven County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Jackson County1
- Transylvania County1
- Bladen County1
- Columbus County1
- Robeson 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.