Storm History: Washington County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 219
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $40 million
- Episodes
- 186
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 55 | 0 | 0 | $59,000 |
| Tornado | 38 | 5 | 6 | $3.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 37 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Winter Storm | 24 | 1 | 2 | $15,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 17 | 0 | 0 | $33 million |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 26, 2011
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 17, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 1999
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 1999
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Tornado, September 27, 2010
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 12, 1996
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Tornado, November 17, 1988
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 14, 2004
- Tornado, August 26, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 4, 1996
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2000
- Tornado, September 14, 1973
- Tornado, April 15, 1984
- Hail, March 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2018
- Tornado, May 14, 2006
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
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 31, 2026
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Tornado, September 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 3, 2022
- Tornado, May 16, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 4, 2022
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Hail, April 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2021
- Tornado, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 5, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Hail, May 13, 2019
- Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Hail, May 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Hail, June 5, 2014
- Hail, May 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Tropical Storm, June 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 31, 2013
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 21, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 26, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 23, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 28, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2010
- Tornado, September 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2010
- Flood, November 12, 2009
- Hail, April 20, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 2009
- Hail, October 1, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Tornado, February 18, 2008
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2007
- Tornado, August 31, 2006
- Hail, July 28, 2006
- Hail, May 18, 2006
- Hail, May 15, 2006
- Tornado, May 14, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2005
- Hail, March 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 14, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 3, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Tornado, June 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, March 23, 2004
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 17, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2002
- Hail, June 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2002
- Hail, May 12, 2001
- High Wind, December 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2000
- Hail, August 16, 2000
- Hail, August 16, 2000
- Hail, August 16, 2000
- Hail, June 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2000
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 17, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Tornado, September 15, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 1999
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1999
- Tornado, August 26, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 26, 1998
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 11, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 17, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 3, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 27, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 19, 1998
- Hail, August 18, 1997
- Hail, May 15, 1997
- Hail, May 1, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 10, 1997
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 4, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 12, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1996
- Tropical Storm, June 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm, June 18, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1996
- Tornado, August 5, 1994
- Hail, August 12, 1992
- Hail, July 27, 1992
- Hail, June 26, 1992
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, June 29, 1990
- Tornado, May 13, 1990
- Hail, April 27, 1989
- Tornado, November 17, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1988
- Hail, June 4, 1985
- Tornado, May 8, 1984
- Tornado, April 15, 1984
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1977
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 1977
- Tornado, September 14, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 1970
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.