Storm risk in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

FEMA's overall hazard score for Edgecombe County is 76.37 (Relatively Low), 744th of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 63.65 (Relatively Low), strong wind 96.34 (Relatively High) and tornado 79.93 (Relatively Moderate). Expected hail loss is $14 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 14 hail reports in Edgecombe County from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Edgecombe County: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of NC$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $14 per $1 million, 1,889th of 3,126 rated counties$14Hail1,889th of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $12 per $1 million, 2,045th of 3,121 rated counties$12Strong wind2,045th of 3,121 countiesTornado: $287 per $1 million, 1,093rd of 3,144 rated counties$287Tornado1,093rd of 3,144 counties
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Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Edgecombe County

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in NC
OverallRelatively Low 76.37744 of 3,14440 of 100
HailRelatively Low 63.651,144 of 3,12633 of 100
Strong windRelatively High 96.34116 of 3,1266 of 100
TornadoRelatively Moderate 79.93632 of 3,12637 of 100

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$125,921$14 $9.65$22 1,889 of 3,12630 of 100
Strong wind$114,501$12 $8.61$20 2,045 of 3,12129 of 100
Tornado$2,669,248$287 $156$199 1,093 of 3,14413 of 100

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Edgecombe County

  • FEMA expects hail in Edgecombe County to cost $14 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.61 times the U.S. median and 1.40 times the NC county median, ranked 1,889th of 3,126 counties nationally and 30th of 100 in North Carolina.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Edgecombe County to cost $12 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.60 times the U.S. median and 1.43 times the NC county median, ranked 2,045th of 3,121 counties nationally and 29th of 100 in North Carolina.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Edgecombe County to cost $287 per $1 million of buildings a year: 1.44 times the U.S. median and 1.84 times the NC county median, ranked 1,093rd of 3,144 counties nationally and 13th of 100 in North Carolina.
  • NOAA has only 14 hail reports for Edgecombe County in 12 years, too few for a trend; FEMA's 127 counted hail events cover a longer record.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $116,800 home, the average yearly loss in Edgecombe County is about $1.58 for hail and $1.44 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $2.61 and $2.38.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Edgecombe County meets about 10.0 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1977, the median home in Edgecombe County is 49 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 80.7% of its 23,258 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 10 of the 14 hail reports in Edgecombe County (71 percent); the quietest month is January, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Edgecombe County’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$1.58hail, a year; $2.61 at the U.S. median county rate
$1.44strong wind, a year; $2.38 at the U.S. median county rate
$60hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Edgecombe County yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $125,921 ÷ $9,295,364,302 = 0.0000135. Wind: $114,501 ÷ $9,295,364,302 = 0.0000123. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Edgecombe County in plain numbers

  • Edgecombe County scores 76.37 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Low): 744th of 3,144 rated counties and 40th of 100 in North Carolina.
  • Hail scores 63.65 (Relatively Low). FEMA expects $125,921 of hail damage to buildings in Edgecombe County a year, which is $14 per $1 million of buildings, 0.61 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 96.34 (Relatively High) with $114,501 of expected yearly building loss in Edgecombe County: $12 per $1 million of buildings, 0.60 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 79.93 (Relatively Moderate) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $2,669,248, counting everything exposed, or $287 per $1 million of buildings in Edgecombe County.
  • FEMA's own event record for Edgecombe County averages 3.33 hail events and 0.81 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 14 hail reports in Edgecombe County between 2014 and June 2026, on 6 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 2.5 inches.
  • In Edgecombe County, FEMA counts buildings worth 9.30 billion dollars and 48,898 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Very High in Edgecombe County.
  • Community resilience there is Relatively Moderate, for 48,898 residents.
  • 1 city in Edgecombe County is covered on this site: Rocky Mount. 8 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Rocky Mount is $6,370 to $14,105.
  • Edgecombe County ranks 122 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 91 for wind and 68 for tornado.
  • In Edgecombe County, May is the busiest month with 5 of the 14 reports (36 percent), against 0 reports in November.
  • Edgecombe County's worst year was 2014, with 2 hail days at 1 inch or more and 4 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 0.50 such days a year, one about every 24.0 months.
  • The median home in Edgecombe County was built in 1977; 55.7% of its 23,258 housing units date from before 1980, 80.7% from before 2000 and 6.8% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Edgecombe County at $116,800, and 59.4% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 640 single-family building permits were issued in Edgecombe County from 2014 to 2025, about 27.5 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2021.
  • NOAA lists 7 tornado tracks in Edgecombe County since 2014; the strongest was an EF3 on July 19, 2023 near Battleboro, 6.34 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Edgecombe County is 58 mph on January 11, 2014 at Rocky Mt.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Wake County, 59 miles from the centre of Edgecombe County; its hail score is 98.51.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 3 roofing contractor establishments in Edgecombe County in 2023, one for every 7,753 homes.

The hail record of Edgecombe County, year by year

NOAA logged 14 reports in Edgecombe County; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 6 days. With so few reports the yearly bars below are small numbers, and a single storm moves them.

Edgecombe County: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more012342014: 4 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch142015: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch152016: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch162017: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch172018: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch182019: 4 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.5 inch192020: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch202021: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch212022: 4 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch222023: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch232024: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch242025: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch252026: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch26*
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  • * 2026 runs to June only
Edgecombe County: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 0 reports0JanFebruary: 0 reports0FebMarch: 0 reports0MarApril: 4 reports4AprMay: 5 reports5MayJune: 1 reports1JunJuly: 0 reports0JulAugust: 3 reports3AugSeptember: 0 reports0SepOctober: 1 reports1OctNovember: 0 reports0NovDecember: 0 reports0Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: May, 5 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
20144201 in–
20161101 in–
20181101 in–
20194112.5 in–
20224111.75 in–

Biggest hail days in Edgecombe County

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
May 31, 20192.5 in4none recordedSpeed
April 7, 20221.75 in4none recordedLeggett
August 18, 20141 in3none recordedSt Lewis
October 11, 20141 in1none recordedTarboro
June 22, 20161 in1none recordedRocky Mt

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Edgecombe County the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Edgecombe County

1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1.5 in hail1.75 in hail1.75 in hail2.5 in hail Rocky Mount
  • 71 to 1.74 in
  • 31.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 02.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 2.5 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

10 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Edgecombe County

Fastest gusts in Edgecombe County

DateGustNear
January 11, 201458 mphRocky Mt
June 21, 201458 mphSpeed
June 21, 201458 mphSt Lewis
February 24, 201658 mphTarboro Arpt

Strongest tornado tracks in Edgecombe County

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
July 19, 2023EF36.34 mi0 / 0Battleboro
May 13, 2025EF12.23 mi0 / 0Pinetops
May 13, 2025EF11.71 mi0 / 0Crisp
May 12, 2025EF12.15 mi0 / 0Tarboro Arpt

7 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Edgecombe County’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 0.50 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Edgecombe County: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 9.5% of homes9.5%<1940461940s: 6.2% of homes6.2%1940s401950s: 10.8% of homes10.8%1950s361960s: 10.6% of homes10.6%1960s301970s: 18.5% of homes18.5%1970s261980s: 9.8% of homes9.8%1980s201990s: 15.3% of homes15.3%1990s162000s: 12.4% of homes12.4%2000s102010s: 6.4% of homes6.4%2010s62020+: 0.4% of homes0.4%2020+2

Bars: share of 23,258 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1977
Built before 198055.7%
Built before 200080.7%
Built since 20106.8%
Owner-occupied59.4%
Median home value$116,800
Single-family permits, 2014 to 2025640
Permits per 1,000 homes27.5

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Edgecombe County

Roofing firms in Edgecombe County

Roofing contractor establishments, 20233
Change since 2016+0 (+0%)
Homes per roofing firm7,753
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 202321

Source for Edgecombe County: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Edgecombe County's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Wake County, NC59 Relatively High $523.85$1.200.10131
Onslow County, NC84 Relatively High $2.490.18$131.0935
Cumberland County, NC91 Relatively Moderate $141.06$110.8625
Alamance County, NC101 Relatively Low $181.32$6.650.5419
New Hanover County, NC119 Relatively High $1.450.11$2.540.2114
Guilford County, NC124 Relatively Moderate $100.75$3.230.2648

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Cities and ZIP areas in Edgecombe County

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 8 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Rocky Mount 27803 (6%), 27801 (100%), 27864 (100%), 27804 (0%), 27809 (63%) Roofers

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Questions

How high is storm risk in Edgecombe County?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Edgecombe County an overall score of 76.37 (Relatively Low), 744th of 3,144. Hail scores 63.65 (Relatively Low), strong wind 96.34 (Relatively High) and tornado 79.93 (Relatively Moderate).

In Edgecombe County, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 14 for Edgecombe County between 2014 and June 2026, on 6 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 2.5 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Edgecombe County each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $116,800: FEMA's estimate is about $1.58 a year for hail and $1.44 for wind, before any deductible, against $2.61 and $2.38 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Edgecombe County compare with the rest of North Carolina?

Per $1 million of buildings Edgecombe County loses $14 to hail a year, against $9.65 in the median county of the state. Among 100 rated counties it is 33rd for hail, 6th for strong wind and 37th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Edgecombe County?

The median home was built in 1977, 49 years ago, and 80.7% of the 23,258 housing units in Edgecombe County date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original roof of either kind is past its rated life. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Edgecombe County: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Edgecombe County; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Edgecombe County; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Edgecombe County. Planning-level information about Edgecombe County, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

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