Storm History: Surry County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Surry 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
- 938
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 516
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 276 | 0 | 10 | $2.2 million |
| Hail | 274 | 0 | 3 | $1.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 167 | 0 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Tornado | 54 | 0 | 6 | $2.9 million |
| High Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | $992,000 |
| Flood | 25 | 1 | 0 | $42,000 |
| Winter Storm | 25 | 3 | 0 | $224,000 |
| Drought | 24 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 1 | 0 | $375,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | $202,000 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $309,000 |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 1 | $291,000 |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 1 | $103,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $127,000 |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2020
- Hail, May 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1997
- Ice Storm, February 1, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Drought, October 10, 1998
- Tornado, April 28, 2023
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2011
- Lightning, June 11, 2006
- Tornado, September 29, 1999
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2010
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2025
- High Wind, March 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 29, 2024
- High Wind, December 11, 2024
- High Wind, November 20, 2024
- Tornado, September 25, 2024
- Flood, September 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, April 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 9, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2023
- Tornado, August 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Hail, May 16, 2023
- Tornado, April 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 6, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Tornado, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Tornado, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2021
- Tornado, August 16, 2021
- Hail, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Hail, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, November 10, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2020
- Flood, May 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Strong Wind, March 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2019
- Lightning, June 1, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2019
- High Wind, April 26, 2019
- Hail, April 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Flood, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 23, 2017
- High Wind, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2017
- Hail, May 19, 2017
- Flood, April 23, 2017
- Hail, March 27, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Hail, September 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Hail, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2015
- Hail, June 17, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2014
- Hail, June 19, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Lightning, April 29, 2014
- High Wind, March 30, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Flood, June 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2013
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2013
- Ice Storm, February 26, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2012
- Flood, September 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2012
- Hail, August 7, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Hail, June 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2012
- Hail, May 1, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, March 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2012
- Strong Wind, March 5, 2012
- High Wind, February 11, 2012
- Strong Wind, November 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2011
- Hail, May 3, 2011
- Hail, April 27, 2011
- Hail, April 26, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, February 28, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- High Wind, December 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2010
- Tornado, July 26, 2010
- Hail, July 18, 2010
- Hail, July 13, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2010
- Hail, June 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Surry CountyEvery warning in Surry 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.