High Wind, Buncombe
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
High winds, gusting between 50 and 70 mph, occurred just ahead of a strong cold front. The winds were mostly gradient, but convectively boosted in some cases.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $700,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
High winds, gusting between 50 and 70 mph, occurred just ahead of a strong cold front. The winds were mostly gradient, but convectively boosted in some cases. Most of the damage occurred in the piedmont where mobile homes and other structures were damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were downed as well.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cabarrus
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Caldwell
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Cleveland
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gaston
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rowan
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.640, -80.525 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, March 3 to 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, March 3, 1999
- Storm Surge in Washington, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5692158, 5692159, 5692160, 5692161, 5692162, 5692163, 5692164.