United States

Natural disasters in McDowell, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 20 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

17, recorded here, since 12 June 2026

4 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 13 October 2026 (27 days ago).

The 12th strongest of the 17 recorded here since 12 June 2026.

By month

  • February 20244 detections
  • April 20242 detections
  • May 20242 detections
  • September 20242 detections
  • November 20243 detections
  • December 202416 detections
  • January 202520 detections
  • February 20257 detections
  • March 20252 detections
  • April 202534 detections
  • September 20252 detections
  • October 20253 detections
  • November 20255 detections
  • December 20252 detections
  • January 202610 detections
  • February 20261 detections
  • June 20262
  • July 20267
  • August 20261
  • September 20263
  • October 20264

July 2026 is the most active month of the 5 in our series here, with 7 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Severe WeatherMedium

Flood Warning

13 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 28 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 3 SW Marion, McDowell Co., NC

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 35 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

21 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

7 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

6 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

29 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

28 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

28 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

28 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

28 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

18 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

18 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

3 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

29 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

12 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded

Towns with the most events here

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries (geoboundaries.org), Public Domain. geoboundaries.org