Friday, Oct 9: North Carolina has no severe risk in the outlook. Saturday: Marginal Risk. Sunday: Marginal Risk.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for North Carolina over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each North Carolina city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
North Carolina averages 30.9 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 3.4 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
43% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 20%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2004, with 66.
Storm reports average about 146 for large hail a year (6.3 of them 2 inches or larger) and 667 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov