North Carolina

Storm History: Cumberland County, North Carolina

429 episodes, 679 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cumberland 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
679
Deaths
13
Injuries
200
Damage
$296 million
Episodes
429

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
Hail20808$2.9 million
Flash Flood14400$3.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind132018$1.3 million
Tornado11111170$283 million
Winter Storm3400
High Wind700$131,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$28,000
Tropical Storm600$3.1 million
Winter Weather510$10,000
Strong Wind501$20,000
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm400
Lightning403$1.6 million
Heavy Rain200
Flood200
Heat210
Cold/Wind Chill100
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 Cumberland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cumberland CountyEvery warning in Cumberland 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.