Storms in North Carolina in 2002

1,255 events in 613 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2002, 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 2002 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: 1,255
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 29
Damage: $212 million
Episodes: 613

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	417	0	9	$2.6 million
Hail	230	0	2	$1.3 million
Winter Storm	111	0	2
High Wind	111	1	2	$91,000
Heavy Snow	77	0	0
Flash Flood	62	1	0	$3.1 million
Winter Weather	50	0	0
Lightning	48	2	14	$2.4 million
Drought	36	0	0
Strong Wind	29	0	0	$5,000
Ice Storm	23	0	0	$199 million
Heavy Rain	17	0	0
Flood	13	0	0	$67,000
Tornado	11	0	0	$3.1 million
Frost/Freeze	9	0	0
Dust Devil	3	0	0	$10,000
Rip Current	3	3	0
Tropical Storm	3	0	0	$114,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

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.