High Wind, Garrett
- When
- February 17, 10:15 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
A few trees, large limbs and power lines were downed by high winds throughout the county.
High Wind in Maryland, February 17, 1998
Strong east to southeast winds, in advance of an intensifying storm system moving northeast up the Ohio Valley, caused some wind damage. Much of the damage was confined to the foothills and ridges of the Allegheny Plateau.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Strong east to southeast winds, in advance of an intensifying storm system moving northeast up the Ohio Valley, caused some wind damage. Much of the damage was confined to the foothills and ridges of the Allegheny Plateau.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636421.