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Haywood County, North Carolina
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1963 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
2
Tornado reports
63
Hail reports
34
Floods since 1996
581
All events
13
Deaths
$434.5M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Haywood County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 2 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.
Emergency management and stream gauges reported catastrophic flash flooding developed within the Pigeon River watershed for the second time in just over three years after 9 to 15 inches fell across the upper part of the basin in about 48 hours. Three to four inches of that fell i…
Emergency management and stream gauges reported catastrophic flash flooding developed within the Pigeon River watershed after 6 to 8 inches of rain fell in just a few hours across the northern slopes of the Balsams. This was on top of 5 to 10 inches that fell over the Shining Roc…
North Carolina Geologic Survey surveyed a large debris flow that developed off a ridge just west of Highway 276 in Cruso in conjunction with a major flash flooding event in the East Fork Pigeon River watershed. The debris field swept downslope toward 276, sweeping away and killin…
Thousands of trees were blown down, with dozens of trees down on homes, vehicles, and power lines. Frequent gusts up to 60 mph occurred, with occasional gusts of 70-80 mph on exposed high elevation ridgetops.
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NWS employee reported multiple trees blown down on Highway 74 west of Waynesville. Utility company reported sporadic power outages due to downed trees from the Waynesville and Maggie Valley areas across Clyde and Canton.
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Public reported at least six large trees blown down on Johnson Farm Rd, with a couple down on power lines.
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Flood Flood
Although heavy rainfall ended across Haywood County by early afternoon, major flooding continued throughout the Pigeon River watershed through the afternoon. Most streams returned to their banks during early evening.
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Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Maggie Valley area. County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Waynesville area.
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County comms reported a tree blown down and blocking the roadway near Nellie John Rd and Thickety Rd and another tree down at Brady Circle and North Canton Rd.
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Hail Hail
Public reported quarter size hail.
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County comms reported a couple of trees blown down near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Highway 19. A couple of trees were also down closer to Maggie Valley and in Waynesville.
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County comms reported several trees blown down in northern Haywood County.
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Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines along Campbell Creek Rd in Maggie Valley and on Browning Branch Rd and Springbrook Farm Rd in Waynesville. County comms reported scattered trees blown down throughout the county.
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County comms reported multiple trees blown down throughout Haywood County.
Hail Hail
Spotter reported quarter size hail.
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Cocorahs observer reported quarter size hail.
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Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Maggie Valley area.
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County comms reported numerous trees down along the Highway 19 corridor between Maggie Valley and Waynesville.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1 |
| 2012 | 18 | 0 |
| 2011 | 16 | 0 |
| 2010 | 22 | 0 |
| 2009 | 18 | 0 |
| 2008 | 27 | 0 |
| 2007 | 21 | 0 |
| 2006 | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | 31 | 0 |
| 2004 | 40 | 0 |
| 2003 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
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