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Carolina Trophy Roofs provides roofing services throughout Lenoir County, NC, serving the following communities:
Roofing in Lenoir County, NC
Lenoir County is centered on Kinston and sits in the inland coastal plain of North Carolina. Carolina Trophy Roofs works throughout the county, from Kinston and La Grange out to the smaller communities that most contractors will not drive to.
Inland eastern counties absorb hurricanes after landfall - weaker wind but far heavier and longer rainfall, on terrain that is often flat and slow to drain.
Water intrusion outpaces wind damage here. Valleys, flashing and low-slope transitions are where the leaks start, and high summer humidity keeps algae and moss growing on north-facing slopes.
If you need a roof inspected, repaired or replaced in Lenoir County — or you have storm damage and need it tarped today — Carolina Trophy Roofs responds across the county with free estimates and manufacturer-backed workmanship.
Storm history in Lenoir County
What the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recorded happening over Lenoir County — how much hail, at what size, how recently, and how hard the wind has blown. These are weather records, not an assessment of any building.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 55 severe-weather events recorded against Lenoir County between 2016 and 2026: 47 thunderstorm wind events, 5 hail reports and 3 tornadoes.
All five hail reports measured 1.00 in across or larger. The largest on record is 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on May 3, 2016.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 70 kt (about 81 mph), an estimated gust, on May 23, 2022. The county record holds three tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2019, with nine events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a tornado rated EF1 on June 22, 2023.
Events on record
55
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
5
of 5 hail reports
Largest hail
1.00 in
Quarter - Half Dollar · May 3, 2016
Peak gust
70 kt
about 81 mph · May 23, 2022
Tornadoes
3
in the county record
Significant events
10
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 4
- 2017
- 2
- 2018
- 4
- 2019
- 9
- 2020
- 2
- 2021
- 5
- 2022
- 8
- 2023
- 8
- 2024
- 4
- 2025
- 7
- 2026*
- 2
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- Jun 22, 2023 -- Tornado (EF1)
- May 23, 2022 -- Thunderstorm Wind (70 kt gust)
- May 3, 2016 -- Hail (Quarter - Half Dollar hail, 1.00 in)
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
4 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Lenoir County since June 1, 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.