North Carolina

Storm History: Haywood County, North Carolina

544 episodes, 581 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Haywood 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
581
Deaths
13
Injuries
8
Damage
$438 million
Episodes
544

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
Winter Weather17500
Heavy Snow8900
Hail8200$147,000
Thunderstorm Wind4000$162,000
Flash Flood3702$1.5 million
Drought3700
High Wind3100$565,000
Tornado17101$403 million
Winter Storm1700
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Debris Flow732$27 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Flood500
Ice Storm500
Sleet400
Strong Wind400
Heavy Rain203$4.0 million
Lightning200$102,000
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog100
Wildfire100
Frost/Freeze100$2.0 million
Tropical Storm100$50,000

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 Haywood County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Haywood CountyEvery warning in Haywood 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.