Storm History: Gaston County, North Carolina

Events

651

Deaths

8

Injuries

30

Damage

$40 million

Episodes

511

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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• Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 20122 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 20191 death · $2.0 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 19741 death · 10 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 20241 death · 3 injured · $240,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, January 24, 20101 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, September 15, 20181 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 20201 death · 1 event here

• Ice Storm, December 4, 2002$18 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 2008$7.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 20191 death · $2.0 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, March 20, 2003$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2003$2.0 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 25, 2024$1.6 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 28, 2010$1.1 million · EF1 · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 6, 2020$505,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• High Wind, April 16, 20073 injured · $500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 13, 2006$350,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 2003$300,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 6, 1956$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 19741 death · 10 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 21, 1997$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Lightning, May 18, 2006$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 12, 2020$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 20241 death · 3 injured · $240,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20141 injured · $150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 1999$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, June 5, 19854.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 19853.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 19802.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 15, 19872.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 19852.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 15, 2018$20,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 1, 20162 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20162 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20112 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 8, 19902 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 19702 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2025$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20231 injured · $25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 6, 2022$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 3, 1974F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1989F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 6, 1956$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 1973F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 24, 1975F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1981F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 10, 1990F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 1990F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 15, 2006$70,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2008$7.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 23, 2017$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 6, 2020$505,000 · EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Gaston County, with its track

• Flash Flood, May 27, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, March 16, 2026EF0 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 31, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20261 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 202560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 8, 2025$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 11, 20250.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Tornado, December 29, 2024$20,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 25, 2024$1.6 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 2024$40,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 2024$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 2024$5,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 2024$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 20241 death · 3 injured · $240,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, April 20, 2024$10,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2024$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 9, 2024$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 15, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20231 injured · $25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF0 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, December 23, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20221 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 30, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 2022$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 2022$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 16, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2021$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 6, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 25, 2021$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 12, 2020$250,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 20201 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2020EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 6, 2020$505,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 20191 death · $2.0 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 26, 2019$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 20191 injured · $10,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 201960 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2019$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20181 event here
• Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, September 15, 20181 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 1, 2018$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 2018$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 3, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 1, 2018$15,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 15, 2018$20,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, February 4, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 17, 20181 event here
• Tornado, October 23, 2017$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, September 11, 2017$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20171.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, March 12, 20171 event here
• Hail, March 1, 2017$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 17, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 2016$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 201660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 20162 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20162 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 24, 2016$5,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, December 30, 2015$11,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, September 10, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 201550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, April 20, 2015$12,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Winter Weather, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20151 event here
• Hail, August 20, 2014$10,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Lightning, August 19, 2014$20,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20141 injured · $150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 2014$50,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20141.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20141.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 27, 20141.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 17, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Flood, December 22, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 2013$50,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2013EF1 · 5 events here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20131 event here
• Hail, October 18, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2012$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 22, 2012$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 24, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 20122 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 5, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20111 injured · 1.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 5, 2011$50,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20111 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 26, 20111.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20112 in hail · 2 events here
• Lightning, May 2, 2011$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 9, 2011EF0 · 7 events here
• Hail, April 4, 20111.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201055 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 201050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 2010$1.1 million · EF1 · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20101 event here
• Flood, February 5, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, January 24, 20101 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 18, 20091 event here
• Lightning, August 19, 2009$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 200960 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 2009$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, May 27, 20091 event here
• Hail, May 9, 200950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 10, 20091.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 20, 20091 event here
• High Wind, January 7, 2009$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, August 26, 20081 event here
• Hail, August 16, 200850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 200850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20081 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 2008$7.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 4, 2008EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 10, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20081 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 25, 200755 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20071.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20071.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, May 12, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• High Wind, April 16, 20073 injured · $500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 15, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 11, 20071.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20071 event here
• Tornado, January 5, 2007$20,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 2006$70,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, September 13, 20061 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 200655 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 2, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2006$5,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 20061 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20061.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 20, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 18, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here

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

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.