North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 1996

1,725 events in 1,139 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

North Carolina in 1996 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
1,725
Deaths
29
Injuries
263
Damage
$1.8 billion
Episodes
1,139

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind36101$4.8 million
Hail25000$15 million
Winter Weather13000
Flash Flood12901$7.8 million
Ice Storm12800$61 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1241416$1.5 billion
Heavy Snow12221$431,000
Winter Storm1205165$310,000
Cold/Wind Chill6850$479,000
Tropical Storm6300$2.1 million
Tornado57040$8.9 million
High Wind55213$153 million
Flood4800$33 million
Lightning39126$3.2 million
Heat1000
Heavy Rain700$75,000
Waterspout500
Strong Wind300
Funnel Cloud200
Storm Surge/Tide200
Dust Devil100$5,000
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

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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.