High Wind, Ashe
- When
- January 11, 11:50 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, January 11, 2000
High winds also tore part of a roof off West Jefferson Elementary School in West Jefferson in Ashe County, and toppled a tree onto a truck in Moravian Falls in Wilkes County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 midday and afternoon of the 11th downed trees across Ashe, Watauga, Alleghany, and Wilkes counties.High winds also tore part of a roof off West Jefferson Elementary School in West Jefferson in Ashe County, and toppled a tree onto a truck in Moravian Falls in Wilkes County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Alleghany
- When
- January 11, 11:50 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.491, -81.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Watauga
- When
- January 11, 11:50 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wilkes
- When
- January 11, 11:50 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.206, -81.163 (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
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- High Wind in New Jersey, January 11, 2000
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- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, January 11, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5133037, 5133038, 5133039, 5133040.