Strong Wind, Rutherford
- When
- April 4, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
A woman driving a van was impaled by a tree limb during a freak incident where gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph split a tree, causing part of it to fall on her vehicle. She died a week later in the hospital.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A woman driving a van was impaled by a tree limb during a freak incident where gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph split a tree, causing part of it to fall on her vehicle. She died a week later in the hospital.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Rutherford | 2000-04-11 | 37 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Washington, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 4, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 7, 2000
- Flooding in New Hampshire, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 4, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 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: 5141200.