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Severe Storm history in North Carolina

North Carolina has 360 county-level severe storm declarations across 100 counties. Ashe County leads with 6 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for severe storm events in this state: $1.4B.

This page shows every North Carolina county in North Carolina that has at least one FEMA severe storm declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to severe storm events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of severe storm declarations across all states, see the severe storm disaster type page. For all hazard types in North Carolina, see the North Carolina state page.

Severe Storm in North Carolina

Counties ranked by severe storm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Ashe County6$36.9M
2Alleghany County5$1.9M
3Beaufort County5$677K
4Brunswick County5$9.1M
5Edgecombe County5$10K
6Hertford County5$500K
7Lee County5$2.9M
8Madison County5$59.3M
9Mitchell County5$62.3M
10Nash County5$383K
11New Hanover County5$1.8M
12Onslow County5$4.9M
13Robeson County5$1.3M
14Rockingham County5$122K
15Stanly County5$1.3M
16Stokes County5$0
17Wake County5$26.8M
18Wilson County5$518K
19Yadkin County5$2.0M
20Yancey County5$80.9M
21Alamance County4$132K
22Alexander County4$2.3M
23Avery County4$87.5M
24Bertie County4$1.9M
25Burke County4$46.2M
26Cabarrus County4$1.4M
27Caldwell County4$50.7M
28Craven County4$1.5M
29Dare County4$0
30Davidson County4$34K
31Durham County4$326K
32Guilford County4$977K
33Halifax County4$251K
34Harnett County4$1.7M
35Haywood County4$54.0M
36Hoke County4$117K
37Iredell County4$6.5M
38Johnston County4$1.5M
39Mecklenburg County4$10.0M
40Pender County4$485K
41Person County4$32K
42Pitt County4$690K
43Randolph County4$1.8M
44Rowan County4$1.3M
45Sampson County4$260K
46Tyrrell County4$187K
47Union County4$5.6M
48Watauga County4$77.5M
49Wayne County4$0
50Wilkes County4$6.4M
51Anson County3$3.3M
52Bladen County3$338K
53Buncombe County3$347.4M
54Camden County3$39K
55Carteret County3$225K
56Caswell County3$11K
57Chatham County3$41K
58Cherokee County3$177K
59Cleveland County3$27.3M
60Cumberland County3$4.5M
61Currituck County3$9K
62Davie County3$7.1M
63Duplin County3$37K
64Forsyth County3$590K
65Franklin County3$67K
66Gaston County3$12.2M
67Graham County3$158K
68Granville County3$70K
69Greene County3$327K
70Jackson County3$5.0M
71Jones County3$384K
72Lenoir County3$0
73Martin County3$82K
74McDowell County3$44.8M
75Montgomery County3$225K
76Moore County3$2.4M
77Northampton County3$6K
78Orange County3$276K
79Perquimans County3$0
80Polk County3$17.3M
81Richmond County3$304K
82Rutherford County3$87.0M
83Scotland County3$13K
84Surry County3$5.7M
85Swain County3$2.2M
86Transylvania County3$14.7M
87Vance County3$81K
88Warren County3$23K
89Washington County3$91K
90Catawba County2$7.2M
91Chowan County2$0
92Clay County2$60K
93Columbus County2$223K
94Gates County2$0
95Henderson County2$125.4M
96Hyde County2$0
97Lincoln County2$3.1M
98Macon County2$2.7M
99Pamlico County2$0
100Pasquotank County2$0