North Carolina

Storm History: Surry County, North Carolina

516 episodes, 938 events since 1955

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.

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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 Wind276010$2.2 million
Hail27403$1.3 million
Flash Flood16700$3.1 million
Tornado5406$2.9 million
High Wind3600$992,000
Flood2510$42,000
Winter Storm2530$224,000
Drought2400$10 million
Heavy Snow1810$375,000
Frost/Freeze900$202,000
Ice Storm800$309,000
Lightning601$291,000
Winter Weather525
Strong Wind401$103,000
Cold/Wind Chill200$70,000
Blizzard200$127,000
Debris Flow100
Tropical Storm100$11,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Surry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.