Tornado History Map

New Hanover County, North Carolina tornado history

35 tornadoes recorded in or across New Hanover County from 1954 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in New Hanover County

The Storm Prediction Center records 35 tornadoes whose paths touched New Hanover County, North Carolina between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 15 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 13 June 1962. The most recent was on 6 July 2025.

  • 35tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 1,821per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in New Hanover County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01954%
F1 / EF11543%
F2 / EF213%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

New Hanover County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 2010s.1950s31960s11970s31990s82000s12010s162020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s1
1970s3
1990s8
2000s1
2010s16
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr0May6Jun4Jul2Aug3Sep15Oct2Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun4
Jul2
Aug3
Sep15
Oct2
Nov0
Dec2

Records for New Hanover County

  • Strongest: North Carolina tornado13 June 1962, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado15 September 2018, EF1, 4.5 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado6 July 2025, EF0, 1.7 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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