Storm History: Nash County, North Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nash 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
- 540
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 60
- Damage
- $552 million
- Episodes
- 375
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 | 167 | 0 | 4 | $161,000 |
| Flash Flood | 107 | 6 | 0 | $991,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 104 | 0 | 0 | $378,000 |
| Tornado | 62 | 2 | 54 | $545 million |
| Winter Storm | 40 | 1 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 1 | 2 | $30,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| High Wind | 7 | 1 | 0 | $406,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 6 | 0 | 0 | $809,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 19, 2023
- Tornado, October 8, 2016
- Tornado, February 11, 1981
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, November 28, 1988
- Tornado, September 27, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 3, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Tornado, September 13, 2018
- Tornado, September 5, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- High Wind, August 27, 2011
- Tornado, January 7, 1995
- Tornado, March 18, 1983
- Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 5, 1985
- Hail, June 24, 1986
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2007
- Hail, May 30, 1986
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2000
- Hail, April 27, 1989
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2023
- Hail, April 7, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Hail, July 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 28, 1988
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, March 15, 1953
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Tornado, July 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2024
- Tornado, September 27, 2024
- Tornado, October 2, 1969
- Tornado, May 28, 1973
- Tornado, March 24, 1975
- Tornado, June 3, 1978
- Tornado, April 3, 1979
- Tornado, February 11, 1981
- Tornado, March 18, 1983
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2026
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, November 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 13, 2025
- Hail, May 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2024
- Tornado, September 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2024
- Tornado, August 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2023
- Tornado, July 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Hail, April 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 4, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, April 26, 2022
- Hail, April 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2021
- Hail, March 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, November 11, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Hail, March 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, September 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Tornado, May 13, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Tropical Storm, October 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 2018
- Tornado, September 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Hail, August 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Hail, July 8, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2017
- Hail, May 25, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Tornado, October 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 22, 2016
- Hail, May 11, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2015
- Hail, August 18, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 24, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2013
- Hail, October 15, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2012
- Hail, July 6, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2012
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2011
- High Wind, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2011
- Tornado, August 6, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2010
- Tornado, April 25, 2010
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- High Wind, February 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, November 11, 2009
- Hail, September 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2009
- Hail, July 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Hail, April 6, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 28, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Strong Wind, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 28, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2007
- Hail, March 27, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2006
- Hail, August 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2006
- Lightning, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Tornado, May 14, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Hail, April 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2005
- Hail, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 15, 2005
- Hail, March 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2004
- Hail, July 8, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2004
- High Wind, March 7, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2003
- Hail, July 11, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2003
- Hail, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2002
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Nash CountyEvery warning in Nash 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.