North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2019

1,447 events in 246 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2019, 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 2019 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
1,447
Deaths
16
Injuries
12
Damage
$154 million
Episodes
246

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 Wind79115$27 million
Hail17201$1.0 million
Flash Flood9100$1.2 million
Winter Weather9000
Tornado5115$119 million
High Wind4211$448,000
Cold/Wind Chill3600
Heavy Rain3100$10,000
Tropical Storm2900$120,000
Flood2200$3,000
Ice Storm1600
Winter Storm1500$225,000
Lightning1310$520,000
Rip Current12100
Excessive Heat700
Hurricane (Typhoon)700$150,000
Coastal Flood700
Strong Wind600$20,000
Drought400$4.0 million
High Surf220
Funnel Cloud100
Astronomical Low 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.