North Carolina

Storm History: Harnett County, North Carolina

405 episodes, 559 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harnett 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
559
Deaths
6
Injuries
41
Damage
$62 million
Episodes
405

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
Hail15800$202,000
Thunderstorm Wind11701$366,000
Flash Flood10001$2.3 million
Tornado86339$57 million
Winter Storm4100
Tropical Storm900$2.4 million
Winter Weather910$25,000
High Wind700$86,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)500
Heavy Rain500$1,000
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm400
Heavy Snow300
Flood300
Heat210
Strong Wind200$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Lightning110
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 Harnett County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Harnett CountyEvery warning in Harnett 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.