Storm History: Chowan County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chowan 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
- 225
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $22 million
- Episodes
- 191
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 | 47 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 1 | $509,000 |
| Tornado | 31 | 2 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 19 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 7 | 1 | 0 | $17 million |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $98,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 26, 1998
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 25, 2014
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 1996
- High Wind, October 8, 2016
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Tornado, May 24, 1973
- Tornado, June 28, 1986
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Tornado, May 9, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2026
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
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 23, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2024
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Hail, May 4, 2022
- Hail, April 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Hail, April 19, 2021
- Hail, April 14, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2021
- Flood, November 12, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 15, 2020
- Coastal Flood, August 4, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2020
- Hail, July 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 13, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2020
- Coastal Flood, September 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 3, 2018
- Heavy Rain, August 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- High Wind, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2016
- Flood, September 21, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Heat, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Rain, September 8, 2014
- Tropical Storm, July 4, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2014
- Tornado, April 25, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2010
- Hail, May 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2009
- High Wind, January 7, 2009
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2006
- Hail, August 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Tropical Storm, August 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, November 30, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2002
- Hail, July 5, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Hail, May 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2000
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 17, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 17, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1999
- Tornado, August 26, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 26, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 1998
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Hail, May 8, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 1998
- Hail, January 16, 1998
- Waterspout, July 30, 1997
- High Wind, July 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 1997
- Tropical Storm, October 7, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 5, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 12, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 1996
- Heat, May 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Hail, March 15, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 3, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, June 12, 1995
- Tornado, May 11, 1995
- Tornado, November 23, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 1992
- Tornado, February 21, 1989
- Hail, June 17, 1988
- Hail, May 20, 1988
- Tornado, March 26, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 1987
- Tornado, July 2, 1986
- Tornado, June 28, 1986
- Hail, June 4, 1985
- Tornado, April 15, 1984
- Tornado, April 14, 1984
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Hail, April 4, 1980
- Tornado, May 24, 1973
More
Tornadoes in Chowan CountyEvery warning in Chowan 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.