Storms in North Carolina in 1999

1,344 events in 318 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1999, 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 1999 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: 1,344
Deaths: 48
Injuries: 90
Damage: $4.7 billion
Episodes: 318

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	253	0	11	$655,000
Flash Flood	195	23	0	$53 million
Hail	150	0	0	$337,000
Winter Weather	144	0	0
Drought	139	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	130	14	0	$4.5 billion
High Wind	53	0	5	$1.2 million
Heavy Snow	46	0	0
Lightning	41	3	16	$555,000
Tornado	38	2	41	$64 million
Strong Wind	27	1	0	$16,000
Sleet	22	0	0
Ice Storm	21	0	0
Tropical Storm	21	0	0	$61 million
Dense Fog	16	0	0
Winter Storm	14	0	0
Flood	11	0	0	$72,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Heavy Rain	7	0	0
Heat	5	5	17	$440,000
Waterspout	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 1999

Every year in North Carolina Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 1999 Warnings in North Carolina in 1999 1998 2000

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.