North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2011

2,435 events in 366 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,435
Deaths
43
Injuries
630
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
366

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 Wind1,14027$3.0 million
Hail53735$2.6 million
Winter Weather151219
Flash Flood10720$7.5 million
Tornado8226593$415 million
Drought6700
Heavy Snow6300
Strong Wind6300$3.1 million
Lightning5005$1.2 million
Flood4000$28,000
Winter Storm2510
Tropical Storm2200$45 million
High Wind2030$76 million
Funnel Cloud1300
Hurricane (Typhoon)1341$620 million
Storm Surge/Tide1100
Excessive Heat1000
Heat900
Wildfire800$505,000
Heavy Rain300
Dense Fog100$40,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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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.