Storms in North Carolina in 2004

1,550 events in 509 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2004, 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 2004 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

Open the live radar over North Carolina

The year

Events: 1,550
Deaths: 23
Injuries: 59
Damage: $289 million
Episodes: 509

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	276	0	2	$818,000
Winter Weather	227	0	0	$31,000
Winter Storm	169	0	0
High Wind	165	2	3	$2.9 million
Hail	135	0	0	$379,000
Flash Flood	116	0	0	$1.1 million
Heavy Snow	97	0	0	$3.1 million
Tornado	70	3	37	$3.2 million
Flood	68	0	0	$29 million
Frost/Freeze	39	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	33	0	3	$30 million
Heavy Rain	29	0	0	$351,000
Lightning	24	1	3	$583,000
Sleet	20	0	0
Debris Flow	17	9	10	$202 million
Drought	16	0	0
Tropical Storm	16	0	0	$30,000
Ice Storm	15	0	0	$16 million
Rip Current	5	5	0
Storm Surge/Tide	4	0	0	$10,000
Strong Wind	3	2	1	$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
High Surf	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

February 2004

March 2004

April 2004

May 2004

June 2004

July 2004

August 2004

September 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

Every year in North Carolina Every state in 2004 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 2004 Warnings in North Carolina in 2004 2003 2005

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.