North Carolina

Storm History: Moore County, North Carolina

403 episodes, 627 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Moore 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
627
Deaths
6
Injuries
9
Damage
$47 million
Episodes
403

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
Hail16800$285,000
Thunderstorm Wind14802$508,000
Flash Flood13900$1.0 million
Tornado9106$43 million
Winter Storm3620$10,000
High Wind700$66,000
Winter Weather610
Ice Storm400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Heavy Rain400$1,000
Tropical Storm410$1.9 million
Lightning321
Strong Wind300$102,000
Excessive Heat300
Heavy Snow200
Flood200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Moore County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Moore CountyEvery warning in Moore 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.