North Carolina

Storm History: Martin County, North Carolina

237 episodes, 322 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Martin 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
322
Deaths
1
Injuries
24
Damage
$46 million
Episodes
237

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
Hail9800$3.1 million
Tornado6909$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind5001$136,000
Winter Storm25114$40,000
Flash Flood2100$200,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1400$35 million
Drought1400
Tropical Storm500$6.0 million
Winter Weather500
Heavy Snow400
Ice Storm400
Flood400
Excessive Heat400
Coastal Flood300$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
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 Martin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Martin CountyEvery warning in Martin 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.