High Wind in Maryland, February 10, 2001

Name: High Wind in Maryland, February 10, 2001
Start: 2001-02-10T00:00
End: 2001-02-10T02:00
Location: Maryland

February 10, 2001 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 10:22 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 10:22 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1022 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001

ISSUING A QUICK UPDATE TO CLEAN UP TIMING OF THE END OF THE PRECIP.

.PBZ...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.
OH...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 200 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
     OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
     PAZ023...PAZ030...PAZ032.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
     PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>022...PAZ029...PAZ031.
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
     WVZ023...WVZ041.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
     WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Garrett

When: February 10, 12:00 AM EST to 2:00 AM EST
Where: Garrett forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A strong area of low pressure moving across the region produced a brief period of high winds across portions of western Maryland. Several large trees and power lines were downed by the high wind, with the majority of the damage occurring along the higher elevations of the county.

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

Every storm in Maryland in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, February 2001

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: 5231177.