Storms in North Carolina in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 64
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $1.1 million
- Episodes
- 24
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 | |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 15 | $1.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 1, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 25, 1979
March 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 14, 1979
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 23, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 24, 1979
April 1979
May 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 24, 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 1979
June 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 19, 1979
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 24, 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, June 25, 1979
July 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1979
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 22, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 7, 1979
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 19, 1979
- Hail in North Carolina, August 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, August 21, 1979
September 1979
December 1979
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in North Carolina in 197919781980
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.