Storms in North Carolina in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 392
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $1.4 million
- Episodes
- 53
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 | 276 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hail | 99 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 3 | 15 | $1.4 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 19, 1986
March 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 13, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 14, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 19, 1986
April 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 6, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1986
May 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, May 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, May 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 30, 1986
June 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 14, 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 17, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 24, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1986
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 2, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 29, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 27, 1986
- Hail in North Carolina, August 28, 1986
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1986Tornadoes in North Carolina in 1986Warnings in North Carolina in 198619851987
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.