High Wind, Dade
- When
- March 19, 4:45 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dade forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.855, -85.504 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Georgia, March 19, 2000
Strong gradient winds associated with an approaching low pressure system and cold front produced sustained winds in excess of 35 mph, with stronger gusts at higher elevations. Public reports indicated several power lines down, trees down, and damage to the roof of a house.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 FFC wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds associated with an approaching low pressure system and cold front produced sustained winds in excess of 35 mph, with stronger gusts at higher elevations. Public reports indicated several power lines down, trees down, and damage to the roof of a house.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Murray
- When
- March 19, 4:45 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pickens
- When
- March 19, 4:45 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.464, -84.466 (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
- High Wind in California, March 19 to 20, 2000
- High Wind in Tennessee, March 19 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 19, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, March 19, 2000
- High Wind in California, March 19 to 20, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, March 19, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 19 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, March 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 19, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 2000
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: 5132042, 5132043, 5132848.