North Carolina

Storm History: Bertie County, North Carolina

248 episodes, 295 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bertie County, North Carolina: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
295
Deaths
21
Injuries
111
Damage
$84 million
Episodes
248

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado6220110$34 million
Hail5501$408,000
Thunderstorm Wind4600$126,000
Flash Flood2610$5,000
Winter Storm2400$25,000
Heavy Rain2200
Winter Weather1600
Flood900$11 million
Tropical Storm800$6.3 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)700$31 million
Frost/Freeze400
High Wind300$60,000
Excessive Heat300
Heavy Snow300$1,000
Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Waterspout100
Ice Storm100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Blizzard100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bertie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Bertie CountyEvery warning in Bertie County since 1986Every county in North Carolina

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.