North Carolina

Storm History: Cabarrus County, North Carolina

466 episodes, 603 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cabarrus 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
603
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
466

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
Hail19100$400,000
Flash Flood9114$13 million
Thunderstorm Wind8700$353,000
Tornado5803$4.7 million
Winter Weather3600
Drought3500
Flood3400$1.3 million
Heavy Snow1300$50,000
Winter Storm1200
High Wind1110$661,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm500$12 million
Lightning401$95,000
Sleet400
Heavy Rain300
Tropical Storm300$5,000
Strong Wind200
Dense Fog200
Frost/Freeze200$1.0 million
Excessive Heat200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat100

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 Cabarrus County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cabarrus CountyEvery warning in Cabarrus 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.