North Carolina

Storm History: Edgecombe County, North Carolina

285 episodes, 388 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Edgecombe 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
388
Deaths
11
Injuries
9
Damage
$160 million
Episodes
285

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
Hail9010$419,000
Flash Flood8080$148,000
Thunderstorm Wind7900$421,000
Tornado5209$112 million
Winter Storm3710
High Wind700$43 million
Winter Weather700$20,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$919,000
Tropical Storm500$3.0 million
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm400
Strong Wind400$18,000
Heavy Snow300
Heavy Rain300$1,000
Flood200
Heat210
Cold/Wind Chill100
Lightning100$25,000

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 Edgecombe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Edgecombe CountyEvery warning in Edgecombe 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.