North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2010

2,236 events in 340 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2010, 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 2010 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
2,236
Deaths
31
Injuries
53
Damage
$123 million
Episodes
340

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
Thunderstorm Wind85205$9.2 million
Winter Weather3211015
Flash Flood22823$7.0 million
Heavy Snow19511$27,000
Winter Storm16951$954,000
Hail15438$3.5 million
Lightning8010$722,000
High Wind6901$83,000
Heavy Rain4500
Flood4100$66,000
Tornado28717$98 million
Strong Wind1802$12,000
Blizzard800$191,000
Tropical Storm800$2.6 million
Ice Storm700$800
Debris Flow300$175,000
Rip Current320
Coastal Flood200$4,000
Wildfire200$1.1 million
Funnel Cloud100
Storm Surge/Tide100
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.