High Wind, Watauga
- When
- December 28, 11:10 PM EST to December 29, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, December 28 to 29, 1999
During the late evening of the 28th and early morning of the 29th, the emergency manager in Boone estimated wind gusts of 50 knots, downing several tree limbs.
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 RNK wrote it up.
During the late evening of the 28th and early morning of the 29th, the emergency manager in Boone estimated wind gusts of 50 knots, downing several tree limbs.
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
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 28, 1999
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 28 to 29, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 28 to 29, 1999
- Flood in American Samoa, December 28, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 28 to 29, 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: 5724469.