North Carolina

Storm History: Richmond County, North Carolina

231 episodes, 295 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Richmond 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
295
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$57 million
Episodes
231

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 Wind7501$560,000
Flash Flood6600$102,000
Hail5700$619,000
Winter Storm3200
Tornado2900$53 million
High Wind500$56,000
Ice Storm400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Winter Weather400
Tropical Storm400$2.1 million
Heavy Rain300
Strong Wind300$16,000
Excessive Heat300
Flood200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Snow100
Heat100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Richmond County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Richmond CountyEvery warning in Richmond 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.