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 20, 1:55 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
155 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001
WILL RETAIN HIGH WIND WARNING FOR OUTER BANKS...ONSLOW AND CARTERET
COUNTIES FOR A PERIOD OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER SUSTAINED. WIND ADVISORY
CENTRAL ZONES. NO WIND HIGHLIGHT WESTERN ZONES WHERE SUSTAINED OF 30
MPH AND BELOW IS EXPECTED. GRADIENT WEAK AS DEPICTED IN MODELS ON
SOUTHERN FLANK OF SFC LOW AS IT WORKS TO THE VA COAST...SO EXPECT
MAIN WIND THREAT TO BE PRIMARILY OVERNIGHT...STAYING UP A FEW HOURS
AFTER DAYBREAK OVER THE NE ZONES.
WILL KEEP MENTION OF THUNDER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS AN AREA OF
INCREASED CONVECTIVE ENERGY WORKS UP THE COAST AND EXTENDS INLAND BY
DAYBREAK. SCT POPS WED AS DRIER AIR WINDS AROUND UPPER LOW. IN AREAS
THAT MAY GET SUN ON WEDNESDAY BENEATH UPPER LOW...DESTAB MAY LEAD TO
RAPID CONVECTION AND TOWERING CU THOUGH NOT TO THE EXTENT OF SVR
THREAT AT THIS TIME.
WILL KEEP RAIN WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING AS WRAPAROUND MSTR SWINGS
THROUGH ERN NC AS SFC LOW PULLS NE OVER THE WATER.
PC FRI CHC RAIN SAT COOLER SUN INTO MON AS HGHTS FALL.
CWF: WL CONT GALE WARNING ALL WTRS OVERNIGHT AS LOW OFF GA CST MOVES
NE...REACHING NC BY DAYBREAK. STRNGEST WINDS ARE ON N SIDE OF LOW
AND EXPECT CONDITIONS CURRENTLY SEEN AT FPSN7 TO SPREAD N OVERNIGHT.
SINCE DURATION IS RATHER SHORT AND TIDE CYCLE IS LOW DO NOT EXPECT
ANY SIGNIFICANT CSTL FLOODING PROBLEMS. WL CONT WATCH N OF HAT AND
FOR WESTERN PORTION OF PAMLICO SOUND TO KEEP RESIDENTS ALERT TO THE
POSS OF MINOR FLOODING. WL ALSO HEADLINE HVY SURF ADVRY CSTL WTRS AS
WELL. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SW FROM S TO N VERY LATE TNGHT INTO WED AS
LOW MVS N...WINDS SHLD DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS GRDNT LOOSENS BUT
WL KEEP NEAR SCA LVLS. AS LOW PASS TO NE AND CONTS TO DEEPEN WED
NIGHT INTO THU EXPECT GUSTY NW WINDS TO DVLP.
.MHX...HIGH WIND WARNING NCZ095-098-103-104
WIND ADVISORY NCZ0F45>047-080-081-093>094
GALE WARNINGS CSTL WTRS AND SNDS.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH NCZ047-080-081-093>094-103
COLBY/FREDERICK4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northeast winds of 55 to 60 mph effected the Crystal Coast as well as the Outer Banks. A roof was destroyed on a home in Onslow county when a tree fell on the residence.
Strong northeast winds of 55 to 60 mph effected the Crystal Coast as well as the Outer Banks. A roof was destroyed on a home in Onslow county when a tree fell on the residence.
Strong northeast winds of 55 to 60 mph effected the Crystal Coast as well as the Outer Banks. A roof was destroyed on a home in Onslow county when a tree fell on the residence.
Strong northeast winds of 55 to 60 mph effected the Crystal Coast as well as the Outer Banks. A roof was destroyed on a home in Onslow county when a tree fell on the residence.
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: 5234813, 5234814, 5234815, 5234816.