High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 19, 9:00 PM EST to March 20, 12:01 AM EST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $9,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.134, -84.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, March 19 to 20, 2000
A strong low pressure system moved into the southern Appalachians from the southern plains states bringing widespread 30-40 mph winds with gusts to 60 mph in the higher elevations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $19,000
- Events
- 2
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 MRX wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system moved into the southern Appalachians from the southern plains states bringing widespread 30-40 mph winds with gusts to 60 mph in the higher elevations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Clay
- When
- March 19, 9:00 PM EST to March 20, 12:01 AM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.057, -83.750 (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
- 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
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 5135598, 5135599.