High Wind, Watauga
- When
- February 4, 12:15 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 1998
High winds not associated with a thunderstorm combined with a saturated ground in Wilkes and Rockingham Counties resulted in wind damage in portions of North Carolina. High winds knocked down a barn near Boone in Watauga County, broke off several large tree limbs mainly in the northern portion of Watauga County, and knocked down trees and broke off tree limbs in Wilkes and Rockingham Counties.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 RNK wrote it up.
High winds not associated with a thunderstorm combined with a saturated ground in Wilkes and Rockingham Counties resulted in wind damage in portions of North Carolina. High winds knocked down a barn near Boone in Watauga County, broke off several large tree limbs mainly in the northern portion of Watauga County, and knocked down trees and broke off tree limbs in Wilkes and Rockingham Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wilkes
- When
- February 4, 1:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wilkes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.206, -81.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rockingham
- When
- February 4, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.396, -79.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 5635191, 5635192, 5635193.