Storm History: Iredell County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Iredell 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
- 768
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 609
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 291 | 0 | 1 | $967,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 141 | 2 | 3 | $883,000 |
| Winter Weather | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 62 | 1 | 5 | $5.4 million |
| Flash Flood | 62 | 1 | 2 | $951,000 |
| Drought | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Lightning | 14 | 0 | 4 | $645,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $756,000 |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Winter Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 1 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 2 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Sleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $220,000 |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Tornado, July 7, 2005
- Flood, March 20, 2003
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2016
- Lightning, May 20, 2006
- Tornado, May 24, 2017
- Tornado, June 24, 1978
- Tornado, August 28, 1988
- Tornado, March 7, 1992
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, May 29, 1996
- Hail, July 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2006
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Tornado, May 28, 1973
- Tornado, May 15, 1976
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, March 10, 1992
- Tornado, August 16, 1994
- Tornado, July 7, 2005
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2017
- Tornado, October 23, 2017
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Tornado, May 26, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Tornado, March 16, 2026
- Hail, March 12, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Hail, September 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2025
- Hail, May 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2025
- Tornado, December 29, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2024
- Hail, June 4, 2024
- Hail, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 29, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 6, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Tropical Storm, September 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 2, 2022
- Tornado, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- Tornado, August 17, 2021
- Hail, August 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Hail, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2021
- Hail, May 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Hail, August 17, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 9, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, August 21, 2019
- Hail, August 13, 2019
- Hail, August 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Tornado, June 8, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 2018
- Hail, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2018
- Hail, August 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2018
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2018
- Hail, June 14, 2018
- Hail, May 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 23, 2017
- Strong Wind, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2017
- Hail, July 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, May 24, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Tornado, November 30, 2016
- Hail, September 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- Hail, May 12, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flood, November 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2015
- Hail, July 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Hail, June 19, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2014
- Hail, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2013
- Hail, July 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Hail, May 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Hail, April 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- Hail, September 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Hail, July 16, 2012
- Lightning, July 11, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2012
- Hail, June 12, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Hail, March 25, 2012
- Hail, March 24, 2012
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2012
- Hail, September 2, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Lightning, July 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 12, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Hail, May 13, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, February 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Hail, November 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Lightning, September 26, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Hail, July 26, 2010
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Hail, July 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2010
- Tornado, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2010
- Hail, June 29, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, April 8, 2010
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Iredell CountyEvery warning in Iredell 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.