North Carolina

Storm History: Hoke County, North Carolina

235 episodes, 298 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hoke 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
298
Deaths
1
Injuries
11
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
235

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
Hail9601$430,000
Thunderstorm Wind5803$48,000
Flash Flood4201$1.4 million
Tornado3916$37 million
Winter Storm2800
High Wind600$66,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)500
Ice Storm400
Winter Weather400
Tropical Storm400$1.8 million
Excessive Heat300
Heavy Rain200
Strong Wind200$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Snow100
Heat100
Flood100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Hoke County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Hoke CountyEvery warning in Hoke 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.