NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 37047MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

COLUMBUS · NC

Tornado history

NOAA recorded 8 county-coded Tornado reports in Columbus, NC, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $662K in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context16.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 50,140
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

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.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Tornado in Columbus reports by year

NOAA recorded 8 Tornado in Columbus reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20181
20191
20203
20211
20242
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Tornado in Columbus

The Tornado in Columbus records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $662K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.

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 Tornado in Columbus source records

NOAA supplied 8 recent Tornado in Columbus source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.

Latest NOAA Tornado records for Columbus
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-05-14NOAA 1,173,575NWS Storm SurveyEF0$1K
2024-05-14NOAA 1,173,574NWS Storm SurveyEF0$20K
2021-06-02NOAA 967,598NWS Storm SurveyEF0$200K
2020-12-24NOAA 933,433NWS Storm SurveyEF0$1K
2020-10-11NOAA 926,214NWS EmployeeEF1$60K
2020-04-13NOAA 885,532NWS EmployeeEF1$100K
2019-09-05NOAA 857,372NWS Storm SurveyEF0$30K
2018-09-16NOAA 784,854NWS Storm SurveyEF1$250K
READING THE RECORD

History is evidence—not a forecast.

A NOAA record count describes reports entered for a place and period. It does not estimate the chance, severity, or location of a future event. For active hazards, use your local National Weather Service office and official alerts.