North Carolina

Storm History: Currituck County, North Carolina

255 episodes, 378 events since 1979

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Currituck 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
378
Deaths
4
Injuries
2
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
255

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
Thunderstorm Wind5510$188,000
Hail5100$31,000
Flash Flood3700
Winter Storm3400
Coastal Flood2900$6.0 million
Tornado2702$372,000
Winter Weather2600
Tropical Storm2100$1.2 million
Heavy Rain2100
Hurricane (Typhoon)1810$10 million
High Wind1200$591,000
Flood900$500,000
Strong Wind800$11,000
Heavy Snow600$2,000
Heat400
Excessive Heat400
Lightning300$57,000
Frost/Freeze300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Rip Current220
Blizzard200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Currituck County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Currituck CountyEvery warning in Currituck 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.