Storms in North Carolina in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2008, 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 2008 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
The year
- Events
- 2,539
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 50
- Damage
- $56 million
- Episodes
- 361
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 | 778 | 1 | 10 | $6.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 767 | 1 | 0 | $361,000 |
| Drought | 314 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 192 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 101 | 0 | 0 | $20 million |
| High Wind | 95 | 0 | 0 | $165,000 |
| Tornado | 65 | 3 | 29 | $26 million |
| Strong Wind | 54 | 1 | 0 | $593,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 25 | 0 | 0 | $670,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Lightning | 12 | 1 | 4 | $3.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Rip Current | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 1 to 3, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 1 to 2, 2008
- Dense Smoke in North Carolina, January 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 19, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 19 to 20, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 19, 2008
- Cold in North Carolina, January 20, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 22, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 30, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 30, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 30, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 31, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 31, 2008
February 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, February 1 to 29, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, February 1 to 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 1, 2008
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 1, 2008
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 1, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 10, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 10, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, February 10, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 10, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 13 to 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 18, 2008
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, February 18, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, February 18, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 18, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 28, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 27 to 28, 2008
March 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 4, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in North Carolina, March 4, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, March 4, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 4, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 4, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 5, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 7, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2008
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 9, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, March 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 15, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 15, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, March 15, 2008
- Wildfire in North Carolina, March 26 to 27, 2008
- Wildfire in North Carolina, March 28, 2008
April 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, April 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, April 1 to 8, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 5, 2008
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, April 5, 2008
- High Surf in North Carolina, April 8, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 12, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 12, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 12, 2008
- Wildfire in North Carolina, April 19 to 21, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 19, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 19, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, April 20 to 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 20, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 20, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 20, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 22, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, April 26, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, April 26, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, April 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 27, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 28, 2008
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 28, 2008
May 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, May 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 4, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, May 8 to 9, 2008
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 9 to 10, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 2008
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 11 to 12, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 11 to 12, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 12 to 20, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, May 13 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 20, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, May 27 to 31, 2008
- Heat in North Carolina, May 27, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 31, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 1, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 9 to 10, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 9, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 9, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, June 10 to 30, 2008
- Heat in North Carolina, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 11, 2008
- Heat in North Carolina, June 13, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 14, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 14, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 14 to 15, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, June 17 to 30, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 21, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 28, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
July 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2008
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 7, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 8, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 8 to 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 8, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 10, 2008
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 2008
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 2008
- Storm Surge in North Carolina, July 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21 to 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, July 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 21, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 27, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 30 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 4, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 7, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 2008
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 10, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 10 to 11, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 11, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, August 12 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, August 14, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 17, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 17, 2008
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 18, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 20, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 27, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 27 to 28, 2008
- Funnel Clouds in North Carolina, August 27, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 27, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 30, 2008
- Rip Currents in North Carolina, August 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 31, 2008
September 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in North Carolina, September 6, 2008
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, September 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 6, 2008
- Rip Current in North Carolina, September 6 to 7, 2008
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 8 to 10, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, September 8, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, September 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 8, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 8 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 9 to 10, 2008
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 10, 2008
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in North Carolina, September 24, 2008
- Tornado and Coastal Flood in North Carolina, September 25, 2008
- Storm Surge and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 25, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 26, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 30, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, September 30, 2008
October 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Storm Surge in North Carolina, October 19, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, October 27 to 28, 2008
November 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2008
- Flood and Coastal Flood in North Carolina, November 5, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, November 15, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 15, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, November 15, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 16, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 18, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 25, 2008
December 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, December 1 to 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 1, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 7, 2008
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, December 10, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 10, 2008
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, December 10 to 12, 2008
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, December 11, 2008
- Tornado in North Carolina, December 11, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 23, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 31, 2008
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 31, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 31, 2008
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 31, 2008
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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.