North Carolina

Storm History: Nash County, North Carolina

375 episodes, 540 events since 1953

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.

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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
Hail16704$161,000
Flash Flood10760$991,000
Thunderstorm Wind10400$378,000
Tornado62254$545 million
Winter Storm4010$500,000
Winter Weather1312$30,000
Tropical Storm800$4.0 million
High Wind710$406,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$809,000
Strong Wind500$27,000
Excessive Heat500
Ice Storm400
Heavy Snow400
Heavy Rain200
Lightning200$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Flood100
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 Nash County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.