Storms in North Carolina in 2017

1,224 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2017, 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 2017 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: 1,224
Deaths: 17
Injuries: 19
Damage: $61 million
Episodes: 225

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
Thunderstorm Wind	558	0	13	$4.6 million
Hail	139	0	2	$724,000
Winter Weather	104	0	0	$5,000
Winter Storm	76	1	0
Flash Flood	69	2	0	$14 million
Heavy Snow	50	0	0
Tornado	41	1	3	$41 million
Heavy Rain	39	0	0
Flood	35	0	0	$61,000
Cold/Wind Chill	34	0	0
High Wind	26	0	0	$213,000
Strong Wind	15	0	0	$52,000
Rip Current	13	12	0
Frost/Freeze	11	0	0
Lightning	10	1	1	$11,000
Debris Flow	3	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0

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.