Strong Wind, Catawba
- When
- May 29, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Longview
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2000
A tree weakened by several storms and heavy rain the past couple of days, fell onto power lines late in the evening, after a thunderstorm produced gusty winds near 50 mph. Power outages resulted for several hours.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 tree weakened by several storms and heavy rain the past couple of days, fell onto power lines late in the evening, after a thunderstorm produced gusty winds near 50 mph. Power outages resulted for several hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- High Wind in Virginia, May 29, 2000
- High Wind in Virginia, May 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 29, 2000
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- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, May 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 29, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5144954.