North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2008

2,539 events in 361 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail778110$6.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind76710$361,000
Drought31400
Winter Weather19200
Flash Flood10100$20 million
High Wind9500$165,000
Tornado65329$26 million
Strong Wind5410$593,000
Heavy Snow4800
Tropical Storm2500$670,000
Heavy Rain2200
Ice Storm1500$12,000
Lightning1214$3.0 million
Winter Storm900
Funnel Cloud900
Coastal Flood700$8,000
Flood600$10,000
Storm Surge/Tide600$10,000
Rip Current514
Wildfire300
Heat340
Dense Smoke103
Cold/Wind Chill110
High Surf100

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.