North Carolina

Storm History: Anson County, North Carolina

278 episodes, 364 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Anson County, North Carolina: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
364
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$45 million
Episodes
278

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail9300$95,000
Thunderstorm Wind8110$216,000
Flash Flood7600$153,000
Tornado4317$43 million
Winter Storm3100
Flood500
Heavy Rain500$1,000
High Wind500$56,000
Tropical Storm500$1.8 million
Ice Storm400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Winter Weather400
Strong Wind300$7,000
Heavy Snow200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Anson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Anson CountyEvery warning in Anson County since 1986Every county in North Carolina

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.