Storms in North Carolina in 1990

321 events in 59 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1990, 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 1990 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

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The year

Events: 321
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 12
Damage: $1.7 million
Episodes: 59

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	175	0	3
Hail	128	0	5
Tornado	18	4	4	$1.7 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1990

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July 1990

August 1990

September 1990

October 1990

November 1990

Every year in North Carolina Every state in 1990 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 1990 Warnings in North Carolina in 1990 1989 1991

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.