Thunderstorm wind, hail and tornado events of record
McDowell County, North Carolina · last 3 years
Dates below are days on which the National Centers for Environmental Information recorded a thunderstorm wind, hail, or tornado event in this county, at any reported strength. If you have found damage and are trying to work out when it happened, these are the candidate dates.
| Date | What was recorded |
|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| April 1, 2026 | Hail to 0.75 in |
| March 6, 2026 | Hail to 0.88 in |
| June 25, 2025 | Hail to 1.00 in · Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| May 8, 2025 | Hail to 1.75 in |
| August 2, 2024 | Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| May 8, 2024 | Thunderstorm wind to 55 kt (63 mph) |
| April 16, 2024 | Hail to 0.75 in |
| August 7, 2023 | Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| July 29, 2023 | Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| July 25, 2023 | Hail to 1.00 in |
| July 14, 2023 | Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
| July 2, 2023 | Hail to 1.00 in · Thunderstorm wind to 40 kt (46 mph) |
| July 1, 2023 | Hail to 2.00 in · Thunderstorm wind to 50 kt (58 mph) |
What this page is not. This is a restatement of the public record at county resolution. It is not a measurement at any address, and an event recorded in the county does not mean an event occurred at a given property — or that it did not.
This is not a meteorological opinion, a site observation, or an engineering conclusion.
Not listed here: non-convective high wind and strong wind are recorded by National Weather Service forecast zone rather than by county, and are not included. Flooding, winter weather and tropical systems are outside this page.
Not listed here: non-convective high wind and strong wind are recorded by National Weather Service forecast zone rather than by county, and are not included. Flooding, winter weather and tropical systems are outside this page.
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