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Hyde County, North Carolina severe weather history spans 156 recorded events between 1952 and 2025. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 55.8% of all recorded events. It ranks #2,677 nationally and #87 in North Carolina.
156
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
5
Direct injuries
$1.8M
Property damage
The record
What the Hyde County, North Carolina severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Hyde County, North Carolina severe weather history averages 2.1 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2000s, with 39 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 23 events fall before 1990 and 133 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The deadliest hazard in the Hyde County, North Carolina record is rip current, responsible for 1 direct deaths. The costliest is tornado, with $1.6M in reported property damage. In total, 9 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Hyde County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | $75K | 80 | 1975–2025 |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | $100K | 3.5 | 1987–2019 |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | $1.6M | F2 | 1952–2021 |
| Flash Flood | 8 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2011–2023 |
| Waterspout | 3 | 0 | $20K | 0 | 1997–1998 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 1998–2008 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2015–2015 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2012–2012 |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | $0 | 0 | 2004–2004 |
Decade by decade
Hyde County, North Carolina severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
21 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 21 touched down inside it and 0 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-06-17 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 1960-05-27 | EF2 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 1952-05-20 | EF2 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 2018-09-13 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 2014-04-07 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 mi | Touched down here |
| 1998-09-03 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 1993-08-06 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 mi | Touched down here |
| 1993-08-06 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 1988-11-28 | EF1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1983-03-21 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 mi | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Hyde County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2004 | Rip Current | OCRACOKE | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| May 20, 1952 | Tornado | 0 | 2 | $0 | |
| Mar 8, 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | COUNTYWIDE | 0 | 1 | $50K |
| Nov 28, 1988 | Tornado | 0 | 1 | $250K | |
| Mar 18, 1956 | Tornado | 0 | 1 | $25K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Rip currents were prevalent along the east facing beaches of Eastern North Carolina on this day. After rescuing a young girl from a rip current, a middle aged man from West Virginia drowned during the afternoon while attempting to reach his fiancee, who was pulled offshore by a rip current..
The second tornado produced from the same super-cell thunderstorm touched down near Ponzer. The tornado was rated as an EF1 with winds estimated at 105 mph. A home near Ponzer was pushed off its foundation but remained intact. Several trees were snapped or blow down. The tornado then tracked about a mile through rural areas before dissipating.
A supercell associated with Tropical Storm Elsa moved north from the Pamlico|Sound into mainland Hyde County during the afternoon. Photo and video |showed a tornado of unknown intensity in rural areas of Hyde County. Radar data|indicates the tornado moved nearly due north, parallel to Piney Woods Road (Co.|Road 1305) on the west side of Lake Mattamuskeet. This was corroborated by|witness accounts during the survey.||The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS survey team could assign an |EF-scale rating; therefore per Directive 10-1605, this tornado has a rating of EFU.|Start and ending coordinates and times were estimated via radar.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Relatively Low
FEMA NRI risk rating
4,592
Population (ACS)
$124K
Median home value
32
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | Winter Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Tropical Storm | HURRICANE HELENE | EM |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Tropical Storm | TROPICAL STORM DEBBY | EM |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Hurricane | HURRICANE IAN | EM |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Hurricane | HURRICANE ISAIAS | DR |
| Aug 2, 2020 | Hurricane | HURRICANE ISAIAS | EM |
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Hyde County, North Carolina?
156 events are on record between 1952 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths and $1.8M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Hyde County?
Thunderstorm Wind, with 87 recorded events — 55.8% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Hyde County?
21 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 21 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Hyde County?
32 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Hyde County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Hyde County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Hyde County as relatively low risk, placing it in the 66 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Hyde County, North Carolina severe weather history data come from?
Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.
Nearby
Neighbouring counties
- Hoke County 231
- Iredell County 569
- Hertford County 190
- Jackson County 223
- Henderson County 433
- Johnston County 750
Cite this page
“Hyde County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/hyde-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.