Storm History: Cabarrus County, North Carolina
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 191 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Flash Flood | 91 | 1 | 4 | $13 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | 0 | $353,000 |
| Tornado | 58 | 0 | 3 | $4.7 million |
| Winter Weather | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 11 | 1 | 0 | $661,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $12 million |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 1 | $95,000 |
| Sleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 23, 1997
- Tornado, August 23, 1983
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flood, March 20, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2004
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 20, 1998
- Flood, April 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 1999
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flood, April 24, 2017
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Tornado, March 16, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2025
- Hail, May 13, 2025
- Tornado, May 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, December 29, 2024
- Tornado, September 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Hail, June 4, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2023
- Hail, August 24, 2023
- Hail, August 15, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- Flood, April 8, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Tropical Storm, September 30, 2022
- Hail, August 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 23, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Hail, March 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2020
- Flood, May 20, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 22, 2019
- Hail, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, May 11, 2019
- Hail, May 4, 2019
- High Wind, April 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2019
- Flood, February 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2019
- Flood, December 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Flood, November 15, 2018
- Flood, November 13, 2018
- Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2018
- Hail, August 8, 2018
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Flood, April 24, 2017
- Hail, March 21, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2016
- Lightning, July 26, 2016
- Hail, July 22, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2015
- Flood, November 10, 2015
- Flood, November 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 3, 2015
- Hail, September 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Flood, April 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Hail, September 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2014
- Hail, July 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2014
- Flood, March 7, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flood, December 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2013
- Hail, August 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2012
- Heat, July 8, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2012
- Lightning, March 30, 2012
- Hail, March 24, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 19, 2011
- Hail, September 27, 2011
- Hail, September 2, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Hail, May 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Hail, July 20, 2010
- Tornado, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2010
- Hail, July 9, 2010
- Hail, June 29, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Flood, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, November 11, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2009
- Hail, July 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2009
- Hail, April 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2009
- Heavy Rain, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 11, 2008
- Drought, September 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, May 11, 2008
- Hail, May 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2008
- Hail, April 20, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2007
- Hail, July 9, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 26, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 12, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Hail, April 15, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2007
- Flood, November 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2006
- Hail, August 7, 2006
- Heavy Rain, August 5, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2006
- Hail, June 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2006
- Hail, June 10, 2006
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.