SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Table 4.46 – Hurricane and Tropical Storm Tracks Passing within 50 Miles of Wake County, 1900-2016
Date
Storm Name
Max Storm Category*
Max Wind Speed (mph)
9/6/1916 9/23/1920 9/30/1924 9/19/1928 10/2/1929 9/6/1935 8/2/1944 10/20/1944 9/18/1945 10/15/1954 8/17/1955 7/10/1959 9/14/1961 6/16/1965 10/1/1971 9/6/1996 9/4/1998 9/5/1999 9/23/2000 6/14/2006 9/1/2006 9/6/2008 6/7/2013
Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
52 40 69 81 58 58 69 58 58
Extratropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Extratropical Storm
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Extratropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Hazel Diane Cindy
Category 4
132
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
69 40 40 40 52
Unnamed Unnamed
Extratropical Storm
Ginger
Tropical Storm
Fran Earl
Category 3
115
Extratropical Storm
58 58 40 40 58 69
Dennis Helene Alberto Ernesto Hanna Andrea
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Extratropical Storm
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm 46 *Reports the most intense category that occurred within 50 miles of Wake County, not for the storm event overall. Source: Office of Coastal Management, 2019. https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
The above list of storms is not an exhaustive list of hurricanes that have affected Wake County. Several storms, including Hurricane Floyd and Tropical Storm Hermine passed further than 50 miles away from Wake County yet had strong enough wind or rain impacts to affect the county. Storms with hurricane and tropical storm force winds that impacted Wake County from 1996 through 2017 are noted in Table 4.47, as identified by NCEI. Table 4.47 – Recorded Winds in Wake County, 1996-2017
Property Damage
Crop Damage
Date
Type
Storm
Fatalities Injuries
Hurricane Bertha
7/12/1996 Hurricane (Typhoon)
0
0
$0
$0
Hurricane Fran
9/5/1996
Hurricane (Typhoon)
3
0
$0
$0
Hurricane Bonnie
8/27/1998 Hurricane (Typhoon)
0
0
$0
$0
Hurricane Dennis
9/4/1999
Hurricane (Typhoon)
0
0
$0
$0
Hurricane Floyd
9/15/1999 Hurricane (Typhoon)
0
0
$0
$0
Hurricane Isabel
9/18/2003 Hurricane (Typhoon)
0
0
$890,000
$0
Tropical Storm Ernesto
9/1/2006
Tropical Storm
0
0
$0
$0
Tropical Storm Hermine
9/2/2016
Tropical Storm
0
0
$20,000
$0
Total
3
0
$910,000
$0
Source: NCEI
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