High Wind, Tazewell
- When
- March 3, 12:30 PM EST to March 4, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Tazewell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.125, -81.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, March 3 to 4, 1999
High winds from early afternoon on the 3rd to early morning on the 4th downed numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines leaving several thousand people without power.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 from early afternoon on the 3rd to early morning on the 4th downed numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines leaving several thousand people without power.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Smyth
- When
- March 3, 12:30 PM EST to March 4, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Smyth forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.844, -81.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wythe
- When
- March 3, 12:30 PM EST to March 4, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Wythe forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.917, -81.079 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Grayson
- When
- March 3, 12:30 PM EST to March 4, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Grayson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.657, -81.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Carroll / Galax
- When
- March 3, 12:30 PM EST to March 4, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll / Galax forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.697, -80.829 (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
- 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
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5692788, 5692789, 5692790, 5692791, 5692792.