North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2014

1,557 events in 277 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,557
Deaths
10
Injuries
49
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
277

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 Wind52124$2.0 million
Hail26812$1.6 million
Winter Weather26025
Winter Storm17116$1,000
Flood5600$46,000
Flash Flood5303$3.0 million
High Wind3800$72,000
Tornado37226$22 million
Heavy Snow3300
Heavy Rain2400
Lightning2302$855,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1800
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Tropical Storm1500$10,000
Ice Storm1000$22 million
Funnel Cloud500
Strong Wind311$10,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$2.3 million
Wildfire100$46,000
Rip Current110
Storm Surge/Tide100
Debris Flow100

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.