North Carolina

Storm History: Madison County, North Carolina

598 episodes, 651 events since 1974

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
651
Deaths
7
Injuries
7
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
598

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 Weather18200
Heavy Snow10400
Hail9200$25,000
Thunderstorm Wind6300$338,000
Flash Flood4612$20 million
Drought3400
Tornado3155$38 million
High Wind3000$673,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Winter Storm1400
Flood900$9.9 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm500
Strong Wind500
Sleet500
Heavy Rain300
Blizzard200
Frost/Freeze100$3.0 million
Lightning110
Tropical Storm100

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.