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Cumberland County, North Carolina
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1957 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
23
Tornado reports
146
Hail reports
84
Floods since 1996
679
All events
13
Deaths
$246.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Cumberland County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 23 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
The tornado exited Hoke County and continued to move northeast crossing into Cumberland County, just north of NC Highway 401. EF0 damage continued near the Clifdale community, where the damage was more sporadic across Bones Creek and Stewarts Creek. Strong tornado damage then occ…
Frequent wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph resulted in numerous trees down across Cumberland County, including on homes, cars, power lines and damage to structures. Numerous customers lost power in Cumberland County as a result of the tropical storm force winds. A husband and wife died …
Torrential rainfall of 12 to 15 inches caused widespread flash flooding across the county. The heavy rains caused at least 8 dams to breach in Cumberland County. Additional rainfall upstream resulted in major flooding at both the Little River at Manchester and Cape Fear at Fayett…
A prolonged period of light snow and freezing rain in the morning resulted a half inch of snow with a tenth of an inch of freezing rain. This combination created hazardous driving conditions during the morning commute. A 50 year old man was killed in Fayetteville when a truck in …
A 43 year old male collapsed while pumping gas and was found by a highway patrol officer. The man died from heat stroke. The victim's core body temperature was 106 degrees.
Eighteen soldiers were treated for injuries after lightning struck near where they were training. No soldier was directly struck, but they were taken to the hospital. Ten of the soldiers remained hospitalized overnight.
Frequent wind gusts of 40 to 56 mph resulted in scattered to numerous trees and power lines down across Cumberland County, including some on homes. Numerous customers lost power in Cumberland County as a result of the strong winds.
Torrential rainfall of 15 to 20 inches caused widespread flooding across the county. Additional rainfall upstream resulted in all-time record major flooding along the Little River at Manchester and major flooding along the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville. Flooding damaged approxi…
A man ran off the road and into a ditch which was full of water. The vehicle was carried downstream and the man had to be rescued.
A dam on Hope Mills Lake broke.Several homes and buisnesses were damaged, and part of Lakeview Road and a bridge were washed out.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at Pope Air Force Base.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell down on powerlines.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down near Blue Street and Murchison Road.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell on a house along Coley Drive. No injuries were reported.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell on a house, causing the roof to cave in along Morganton Road.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down near West Rowan Street.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree was blown down on the 6300 block of Barefoot Road.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A total of 3 to 5 inches of snow fell across the county.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Nearly a half inch of ice accrual was reported across the county.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Minimum temperatures were below freezing across the county, including a reported low of 30 degrees at the Fayetteville Regional Airport.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Duke Energy power outages were caused by fallen trees or limbs damaging power equipment.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat indices ranged from 108 to 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat indices ranged from 109 to 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat indices ranged from 108 to 112 degrees.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power outages were caused by fallen trees on power equipment near the town of Godwin.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down on Pala Verde Drive.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down near the 1730 block of Sapona Road.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat indices ranged from 110 to 112 degrees.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Downed trees and power outages occurred from thunderstorms.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat indices ranged from 108 to 110 degrees.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Several roads were flooded in the town of Spring Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was down along Fayetteville road west of the town of Falcon.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was down along Wade-Stedman Road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Road was impassable due to flash flooding.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A downed tree was reported on a home near the Cedar Creek area.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was down at Dunn Road and McLean Street.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was down at Dunn Road and Rhodes Pond Road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Street/road flooding was reported.
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail reported.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several hundred power outages were reported due to downed trees just southeast of Hope Mills.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees were reported down at an office in Hope Mills. Time estimated based on radar.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The ASOS station at Fayetteville reported a wind gust of 60 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Duke energy reported outages caused by fallen trees damaging power equipment.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
The county received about a tenth of an inch of freezing rain, as well as a half inch or less of snowfall.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A 61 mph gust was measured at the Fayetteville Regional Airport.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snowfall of 2 to 3 inches county-wide.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 0 |
| 2024 | 22 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 28 | 0 |
| 2015 | 22 | 0 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 34 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | 2 |
| 2010 | 16 | 0 |
| 2009 | 26 | 1 |
| 2008 | 36 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 0 |
| 2006 | 24 | 0 |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 |
| 2004 | 9 | 0 |
| 2003 | 17 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 2 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 3 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 1 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 1 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 2 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 7 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 |
| 1973 | 4 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 5 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964 | 3 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 1 |
| 1959 | 2 | 1 |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 |
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