North Carolina

Storm History: Person County, North Carolina

334 episodes, 461 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Person 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
461
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$8.3 million
Episodes
334

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
Hail12500$2.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind11800$386,000
Flash Flood5300$408,000
Winter Storm5200$625,000
Tornado4502$2.2 million
Winter Weather2500$35,000
High Wind700$91,000
Strong Wind700$78,000
Ice Storm600$534,000
Tropical Storm600$1.6 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)500$104,000
Heavy Snow300
Heavy Rain200$1,000
Heat210
Excessive Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100
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 Person County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Person CountyEvery warning in Person 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.