Strong Wind, Buncombe
- When
- September 26, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in North Carolina, September 26, 2000
Gusty winds behind a cold front caused at least one tree to fall on a car in Asheville. Minor traffic problems occurred until the road was cleared.
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.
Gusty winds behind a cold front caused at least one tree to fall on a car in Asheville. Minor traffic problems occurred until the road was cleared.
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
More
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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: 5174310.