Storm History: Graham County, North Carolina

Events

442

Deaths

2

Injuries

14

Damage

$2.2 million

Episodes

424

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.

Open the live radar over Graham County

• Tornado, April 3, 19742 deaths · 11 injured · $250,000 · F4 · 2 events here

• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 16, 2007$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 19742 deaths · 11 injured · $250,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 7, 2003$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 2003$100,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2002$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 16, 2004$25,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, September 16, 2004$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 2001$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 2004$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 23, 2004$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, August 30, 2005$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004$3,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2002$2,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 14, 2003$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 5, 2004$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, March 21, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 19982 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 16, 19982 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 12, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20021.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 29, 19971.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 19973 injured · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 18, 19951.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 19941.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 21, 19931.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 31, 19931.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 19901.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20111.5 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 3, 19742 deaths · 11 injured · $250,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 1998F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2017EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Graham County, with its track

• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 30, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 24, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, November 10, 20251 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 4, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 9, 20251 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 15, 20241 event here
• Tornado, August 14, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 7, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 3, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 13, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 8, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, March 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 6, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 25, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, November 30, 20201 event here
• Tropical Storm, October 29, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 28, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 27, 20201 event here
• Flood, January 11, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 5, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 21, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 3, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 21, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 7, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2017EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 21, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 14, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20171 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 20171 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Wildfire, November 3, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 20, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, January 20, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 201555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 27, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, November 26, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 1, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, October 31, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 29, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, March 24, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 21, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, November 26, 20131 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 25, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, March 20, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, February 2, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 201355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, January 14, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20121 event here
• High Wind, December 26, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 5, 20121 event here
• Winter Weather, October 29, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20121 event here
• Winter Weather, December 7, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, November 29, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 201160 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 18, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20111.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, March 6, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, January 24, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 25, 201060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 27, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 22, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 24, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, February 4, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, January 9, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 18, 20091 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 17, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20091.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20091.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 7, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 2, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, January 13, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, January 8, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, January 7, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 200850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20081 event here
• Winter Weather, November 21, 20081 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20081 event here
• Winter Weather, October 27, 20081 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, July 22, 200855 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 28, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 4, 2008EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20081 event here
• Winter Weather, January 1, 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
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• High Wind, April 16, 2007$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20071 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, December 7, 20061 event here
• High Wind, December 1, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 19, 20061 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 200660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 22, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20061 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 11, 20061 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, January 30, 20061 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 14, 20061 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, November 21, 20051 event here
• High Wind, August 30, 2005$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 23, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, March 8, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, February 28, 20051 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 200560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20051 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20051 event here
• High Wind, December 23, 2004$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 19, 20041 event here
• Winter Weather, December 14, 20041 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 11, 20041 event here
• Flood, November 24, 20041 event here
• Debris Flow, September 16, 2004$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 16, 2004$25,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20040.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 200450 kt wind · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Graham CountyEvery warning in Graham 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.