Storms in North Carolina in 2000

1,711 events in 520 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2000, 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 2000 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: 1,711
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 44
Damage: $14 million
Episodes: 520

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	418	1	11	$1.4 million
Hail	345	0	2	$2.8 million
Heavy Snow	263	0	0
Winter Storm	194	0	0	$45,000
Drought	116	0	0
Flash Flood	82	0	0	$7.6 million
High Wind	79	0	5	$206,000
Winter Weather	56	0	0
Strong Wind	35	1	0	$2,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	29	0	0
Lightning	25	0	2	$226,000
Tornado	24	0	2	$924,000
Ice Storm	17	0	0
Flood	6	1	5	$560,000
Dense Fog	6	1	14
Wildfire	5	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	3	$25,000
Rip Current	3	4	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Waterspout	1	0	0	$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2000

Every year in North Carolina Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 2000 Warnings in North Carolina in 2000 1999 2001

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.