Storms in North Carolina in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1971, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
North Carolina in 1971 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 44
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 60
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 2 | 60 | $3.3 million |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 7, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 22, 1971
March 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 19, 1971
May 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 8, 1971
- Hail in North Carolina, May 12, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 1971
June 1971
- Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 7, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 1971
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 23, 1971
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 1971
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 21, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 27, 1971
August 1971
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in North Carolina in 197119701972
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.