High Wind, Avery
- When
- December 26, 6:00 PM EST to December 27, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, December 26 to 27, 1999
Gusty winds occurred following a cold front and were high enough to cause some damage. Two hangars under construction at the Avery County Airport collapsed.
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
- None recorded
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
Gusty winds occurred following a cold front and were high enough to cause some damage. Two hangars under construction at the Avery County Airport collapsed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 26, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 26 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 26 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 26, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Winter Storm in Maryland, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 26, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5720463.