North Carolina

Storm History: Mitchell County, North Carolina

577 episodes, 607 events since 1985

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mitchell 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
607
Deaths
2
Injuries
5
Damage
$47 million
Episodes
577

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 Weather23100$250
Heavy Snow11200$1,000
Hail5100$10,000
High Wind4000$580,000
Drought3500
Cold/Wind Chill2200
Flash Flood2100$5.6 million
Winter Storm1800
Thunderstorm Wind1515$3,000
Ice Storm1400$25,000
Tornado1210$37 million
Sleet800
Flood600$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Debris Flow600$2.2 million
Strong Wind400
Blizzard200
Wildfire100
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100$1.0 million
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 Mitchell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mitchell CountyEvery warning in Mitchell 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.