Tornado History Map

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina tornado history

29 tornadoes recorded in or across Mecklenburg County from 1956 to 2024, 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 Mecklenburg County

The Storm Prediction Center records 29 tornadoes whose paths touched Mecklenburg County, North Carolina between 1956 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 27 March 1994. The most recent was on 29 December 2024.

  • 29tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 25injuries
  • 554per 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 Mecklenburg County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0828%
F1 / EF11345%
F2 / EF2724%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mecklenburg County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1950s11960s51970s51980s21990s62000s32010s32020s4

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s5
1970s5
1980s2
1990s6
2000s3
2010s3
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar5Apr2May7Jun2Jul0Aug4Sep3Oct1Nov2Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr2
May7
Jun2
Jul0
Aug4
Sep3
Oct1
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Mecklenburg County

  • Strongest: South Carolina tornado27 March 1994, F3, 2 injuries, 18.5 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado6 April 1956, F1, 56.4 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado29 December 2024, EF0, 1.7 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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