Tornado History Map

Cabarrus County, North Carolina tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Cabarrus County from 1950 to 2022, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Cabarrus County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Cabarrus County, North Carolina between 1950 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 6 February 2020. The most recent was on 23 May 2022.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 471per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Cabarrus County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0529%
F1 / EF11059%
F2 / EF2212%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Cabarrus County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1950s.1950s31960s21970s31980s11990s12000s32010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s3
1980s1
1990s1
2000s3
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar2Apr1May5Jun1Jul2Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr1
May5
Jun1
Jul2
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Cabarrus County

  • Strongest: North Carolina tornado6 February 2020, EF2, 6.2 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado6 April 1956, F1, 56.4 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado23 May 2022, EF1, 9.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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