High Wind, Ashe
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 2000
High winds during the afternoon of the 17th downed trees across Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties, blocking numerous roads.
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
- None recorded
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
High winds during the afternoon of the 17th downed trees across Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties, blocking numerous roads.
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, Alleghany
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.491, -81.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Watauga
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (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
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, December 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 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: 5160255, 5160256, 5160257.