High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999

Name: High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
Start: 1999-03-03T14:50
End: 1999-03-03T16:00
Location: North Carolina

March 3, 1999 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
Property damage: $120,000
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.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Robeson

When: March 3, 2:50 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Robeson forecast zone
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $120,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.640, -79.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A cold front crossed the area with powerful wind gusts. In Prospect, a woman was blown off her porch, while in Rennert a mobile home was overturned, injuring 3. Trees were downed onto power lines and a electric power substation was knocked out, with a loss of power to 11,000 customers. Damage occurred to schools, homes and businesses.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5686769.