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Mitchell County, North Carolina
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1985 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
35
Hail reports
30
Floods since 1996
607
All events
2
Deaths
$45.7M
Property damage
Year by year
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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.
Extensive flooding of the North Toe and Nolichucky Rivers, and their tributaries, including Cane Creek developed during the overnight and early morning hours of the 27th as rainfall rates began to intensify again during the evening of the 26th. The most intense rainfall occurred …
Perhaps 100,000 trees or more were blown down, with hundreds of trees down on homes, vehicles, and power lines. Frequent gusts up to 80 mph occurred, with occasional gusts of 100 mph on exposed high elevation ridgetops.
Major flooding, the worst since 1977, destroyed 23 homes, wiped an entire trailer park out, and damaged 200 homes. The height of the flooding was between midnight and 2 am on the 8th.
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Hail Hail
Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in northern Mitchell County.
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Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage along Snow Creek Rd.
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County comms reported multiple trees blown down on power lines and blocking roads in the Spruce Pine area.
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Country comms reported multiple trees blown down on power lines and blocking roads in Bakersville and vicinity.
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Flood Flood
Although heavy rain tapered off across much of the area prior to noon, major flooding persisted across most of the major basins across Mitchell County through the afternoon. This included the North Toe River, the Nolichucky River, and Cane Creek.
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A stream gauge on Cane Creek in the Bakersville area exceeded its established flood stage after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell across the area in around three hours. Multiple roads in Bakersville and vicinity were inundated, including a portion of Highway 226.
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County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Beaver Creek Rd and on Lucky Morgan Lane.
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Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines in the Bakersville area.
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County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down from the Bakersville area, across the Ledger community, to the southern end of the county. Some trees fell across power lines and others blocked roads. A tree fell on and caused significant damage to a business on S …
Hail Hail
County comms observed nickel to quarter sized hail in Bakersville.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014 | 20 | 0 |
| 2013 | 27 | 0 |
| 2012 | 19 | 0 |
| 2011 | 18 | 0 |
| 2010 | 24 | 0 |
| 2009 | 17 | 0 |
| 2008 | 29 | 0 |
| 2007 | 23 | 0 |
| 2006 | 18 | 0 |
| 2005 | 34 | 0 |
| 2004 | 34 | 0 |
| 2003 | 41 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
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