01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 37047MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
COLUMBUS · NC
Tornado history
NOAA records coded as Tornado in Columbus during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context16.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 50,140
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
8 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.8-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Impact fields on these rows
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$662Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,018within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest records in this slice
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| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-14 | NOAA 1,173,575 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $1K |
| 2024-05-14 | NOAA 1,173,574 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $20K |
| 2021-06-02 | NOAA 967,598 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $200K |
| 2020-12-24 | NOAA 933,433 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $1K |
| 2020-10-11 | NOAA 926,214 | NWS Employee | EF1 | $60K |
| 2020-04-13 | NOAA 885,532 | NWS Employee | EF1 | $100K |
| 2019-09-05 | NOAA 857,372 | NWS Storm Survey | EF0 | $30K |
| 2018-09-16 | NOAA 784,854 | NWS Storm Survey | EF1 | $250K |