Storms in North Carolina in 1998

1,907 events in 641 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,907
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 93
Damage: $484 million
Episodes: 641

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
Hail	545	0	1	$5.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	377	1	8	$2.5 million
Flash Flood	136	0	12	$18 million
Drought	105	0	0	$2.8 million
High Wind	90	0	0	$8.6 million
Winter Weather	83	0	0
Heavy Rain	76	0	0	$25,000
Tornado	66	2	54	$93 million
Winter Storm	63	6	14	$23 million
Ice Storm	59	0	0	$500,000
Flood	53	0	0	$60,000
Heavy Snow	53	0	0	$475,000
Sleet	38	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	38	1	0	$329 million
Lightning	32	1	4	$458,000
Heat	32	2	0
Cold/Wind Chill	17	0	0	$350,000
Waterspout	14	0	0	$45,000
Dense Fog	12	0	0	$3,000
Strong Wind	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	3	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 1998

Every year in North Carolina Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 1998 Warnings in North Carolina in 1998 1997 1999

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.