4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 8:57 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 857 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001 THE SHWRS TOOK A MUCH LONGER TIME TO REALLY GET GOING THAN I THOUGHT LAST NGT AT THIS TIME. IT APPEARS THE DEEP CONVECTION DOWN IN DIXIE TDY IMPEDED THE MOIST TRANSPORT NWD. REST OF TNT...IT DOES FINALLY LUK WET AS STRNG SUBTROP JET HEADS OUR WAY WITH PLENTY OF UVM ACRS ERN NC OVN. LUKING AT 88DS FRM ARND THE REG INDICATED A GD AMT OF SHWRS HEADING NEWD AND THIS SHLD OVRSPRD THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE NGT PROGRESSES. THE LO LVL FLOW IS INCRNG SO AM ALSO EXPECTING MORE CELLS TO DVLP OVR THE OCEAN AND MOV ONSHR. SOME OF THESE CELLS WILL HAVE HVY DNPOURS AND WILL KP WORDING OF RAIN COULD BE HVY AT TIMES. ETA/MESO ETA FCSTNG 50-65 KT WNDS IN THE LOW LVLS SO A FEW CELLS THAT COME OFF THE WTR OR JUST DVLP COULD BE STRNG AND AGREE WITH SUSTAINING SLGT RISK FOR ISOLD SVR TSTMS OVN. LOW TEMPS PROB NOT GOING TO GET VRY LOW AS ATMOS IS MILD AND WILL ADJUST TEMPS UPWARD FOR OVN PERIOD. GENERALLY MOST FOLKS PROB NR 60ISH AND THATS IT CWF...WL LV GALE WARNINGS IN EFFECT. WND REALLY HOWLING NR DSLN7 (S40G43 KT) WHICH IS CLOSE A VRY STRNG THERMAL GRAD IN SST. PAST EVENTS OF THIS KIND...IE...LOW LVL JET EXCEEDING 50KT USUALLY TRANSLATES IN GALE CONDS OVR A DECENT PORTION OF OUR OCEAN WTRS. AM EXPECTING FPSN7 TO KICK INTO GEAR LTR WITH STRNG SPDS AND BLDG SEAS. ALSO THERE IS A THREAT OF CONVECTION IN THE NR SHR WTRS WHICH COULD ENHANCE GUSTS WELL OVR GALE FORCE. .MHX...GALE WARN CSTL WTRS AND SNDS. GATES
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-130900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 1053 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001 ...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR TO COVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WILL BRING A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG THE COAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. DUE TO THE THREAT OF IS+OLATED SEVERE WEATHER AT NIGHT...BE SURE TO TURN YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ON BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. GATES/PETRO
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northeast winds of 50 to 60 mph caused minor damage in coastal counties and along the Outer Banks. The worst damage reported was a roof that had been blown off of a business in Onslow County.
Strong northeast winds of 50 to 60 mph caused minor damage in coastal counties and along the Outer Banks. The worst damage reported was a roof that had been blown off of a business in Onslow County.
Strong northeast winds of 50 to 60 mph caused minor damage in coastal counties and along the Outer Banks. The worst damage reported was a roof that had been blown off of a business in Onslow County.
Strong northeast winds of 50 to 60 mph caused minor damage in coastal counties and along the Outer Banks. The worst damage reported was a roof that had been blown off of a business in Onslow County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 2001
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: 5234810, 5234811, 5234693, 5234812.