Storm History: Brunswick County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Brunswick 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
- 604
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 370
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 164 | 0 | 1 | $130,000 |
| Tornado | 111 | 4 | 11 | $4.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 90 | 0 | 0 | $495,000 |
| Flash Flood | 90 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Lightning | 25 | 1 | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Tropical Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $152,000 |
| Rip Current | 14 | 16 | 6 | |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 12 | 0 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 1 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Rip Current, July 3, 2013
- Tornado, February 15, 2021
- Rip Current, August 18, 2021
- Tornado, September 14, 2024
- Lightning, July 17, 2004
- Strong Wind, April 23, 2012
- Rip Current, June 4, 2012
- Rip Current, July 4, 2013
- Rip Current, May 11, 2015
- Rip Current, July 9, 2017
- Rip Current, July 21, 2018
- Rip Current, June 8, 2021
- Rip Current, May 28, 2022
- Rip Current, June 14, 2022
- Rip Current, July 3, 2022
- Rip Current, July 14, 2024
- Rip Current, June 16, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 8, 2016
- Wildfire, April 19, 2016
- Tornado, September 5, 2019
- Tornado, August 3, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2018
- Tornado, September 18, 1994
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2015
- Lightning, April 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2010
- Wildfire, April 6, 2015
- Tornado, September 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2007
- Tropical Storm, August 26, 2011
- Lightning, October 15, 2012
- Lightning, July 15, 2014
- Tornado, February 15, 2017
- Tornado, October 8, 1996
- Lightning, June 6, 2000
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Lightning, July 26, 2025
- Rip Current, July 16, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Rip Current, June 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Tornado, September 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Rip Current, July 14, 2024
- Hail, April 20, 2024
- Hail, January 9, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 17, 2023
- Tornado, August 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2023
- Hail, April 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, September 30, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, September 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2022
- Rip Current, July 3, 2022
- Rip Current, June 14, 2022
- Rip Current, May 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2021
- Rip Current, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2021
- Hail, July 18, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Rip Current, June 8, 2021
- Hail, May 7, 2021
- Tornado, February 15, 2021
- Flood, September 17, 2020
- Tornado, August 3, 2020
- Flood, June 12, 2020
- Lightning, May 21, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Tornado, September 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Flood, June 8, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2018
- Rip Current, July 21, 2018
- Hail, June 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2018
- Flood, May 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tornado, October 23, 2017
- Flood, August 8, 2017
- Rip Current, July 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 29, 2017
- Lightning, April 5, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, February 15, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Wildfire, April 19, 2016
- Flood, February 7, 2016
- Flood, November 3, 2015
- Flood, October 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2015
- Heavy Rain, September 3, 2015
- Lightning, July 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, June 27, 2015
- Heat, June 14, 2015
- Flood, June 9, 2015
- Tornado, May 21, 2015
- Rip Current, May 11, 2015
- Tropical Storm, May 9, 2015
- Wildfire, April 6, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2015
- Flood, December 24, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2014
- Lightning, August 3, 2014
- Hail, July 28, 2014
- Flood, July 21, 2014
- Lightning, July 15, 2014
- Tropical Storm, July 3, 2014
- Lightning, June 15, 2014
- Hail, May 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Tornado, September 22, 2013
- Lightning, August 20, 2013
- Flood, July 13, 2013
- Rip Current, July 4, 2013
- Rip Current, July 3, 2013
- Flood, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2013
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Tornado, June 7, 2013
- Tropical Storm, June 7, 2013
- Lightning, June 3, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2013
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 26, 2012
- Coastal Flood, November 15, 2012
- Tropical Storm, October 27, 2012
- Lightning, October 15, 2012
- Hail, October 7, 2012
- Funnel Cloud, October 7, 2012
- Lightning, August 12, 2012
- Heat, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 29, 2012
- Rip Current, June 4, 2012
- Flood, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 14, 2012
- Lightning, May 14, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Strong Wind, April 23, 2012
- Lightning, April 4, 2012
- Hail, March 25, 2012
- Hail, March 19, 2012
- Lightning, March 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 27, 2011
- Hail, November 4, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2011
- Lightning, August 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Heat, July 21, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 14, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2010
- Flood, May 29, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 2010
- Heavy Rain, December 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 2, 2009
- Heavy Rain, August 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2009
- Hail, May 11, 2009
- Tornado, April 6, 2009
- Lightning, March 1, 2009
- Funnel Cloud, August 27, 2008
- Hail, July 31, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Hail, June 17, 2008
- Hail, April 21, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Rain, September 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2006
- Hail, August 8, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2006
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Hail, June 6, 2006
- Hail, June 6, 2006
- Hail, June 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2006
- Hail, April 8, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2005
- Lightning, August 14, 2005
- Lightning, August 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2005
- Tornado, September 10, 2004
- Heavy Rain, September 10, 2004
- Tornado, September 10, 2004
- Heavy Rain, September 1, 2004
- Lightning, July 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2004
- Heavy Rain, July 3, 2004
- Hail, June 3, 2004
- Hail, June 3, 2004
- Hail, June 3, 2004
- Hail, June 3, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2004
- Hail, August 23, 2003
- Hail, July 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2003
- Lightning, May 31, 2003
- Hail, May 31, 2003
- Hail, May 3, 2003
- Hail, March 11, 2003
- Hail, March 11, 2003
- Hail, March 11, 2003
- Hail, March 11, 2003
- Hail, March 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2003
- Heavy Rain, August 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2002
- Tornado, July 24, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2002
- Tornado, September 11, 2001
- Waterspout, September 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2001
- Flood, July 6, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2001
- Hail, May 28, 2001
- Hail, May 28, 2001
- Hail, May 26, 2001
- Hail, April 1, 2001
- Hail, April 1, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2000
- Hail, July 16, 2000
- Lightning, June 6, 2000
- Hail, May 28, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Brunswick CountyEvery warning in Brunswick 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.