North Carolina

Storm History: Montgomery County, North Carolina

261 episodes, 343 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montgomery 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
343
Deaths
0
Injuries
7
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
261

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
Flash Flood8600$61,000
Thunderstorm Wind6600$2.1 million
Hail6100$225,000
Tornado4807$24 million
Winter Storm3700
High Wind600$56,000
Heavy Rain600$3,000
Winter Weather600
Flood500
Ice Storm400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Strong Wind400$10,000
Tropical Storm400$1.8 million
Heavy Snow200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat100
Lightning100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Montgomery County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montgomery CountyEvery warning in Montgomery 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.