High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001

Name: High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
Start: 2001-03-06T00:00
End: 2001-03-06T15:00
Location: North Carolina

March 6, 2001 · NWS GSP · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 5, 9:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
935 PM EST MON MAR 5 2001

SNOW SHOWERS ACCUMULATING ACROSS MANY LOCALES WITHIN WARNING AREA
& EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS POLAR VORTEX ROTATES
SOUTHEAST...AND LLVL NW FLOW/RH & CAA CONTINUE...IF NOT
INCREASE SOME. BASED ON 18Z MESOETA TRENDS OF TIGHTENING
GRADIENT...AN INCREASE IN 850 MB FLOW & STRONG CAA...WILL
RATCHET UPWARD THE NC MTNS TO A WIND ADVISORY OVERNIGHT.
WILL ALSO GO AHEAD & LOWER MINS ACRS NORTHERN NC MTNS WITH
NEWLAND CURRENTLY 20F. THIS WILL ALSO PROBABLY PRODUCE WIND
CHILL INDEX VALUES IN ADVISORY CATEGORY...BUT IN LIEU OF
ISSUING ANOTHER NPW...WITH ADD MENTION IN CURRENT WSW.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   27  43  26  52 /   0  10  10  10
AND   27  42  26  52 /   0  10  10  10
CLT   27  40  26  51 /   0  10  10  10
HKY   26  38  25  48 /   0  20  20  10
AVL   24  31  22  43 /  70  70  40  10

.GSP...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES GAZ010-017.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NCZ033-048>050
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NCZ051>053-058-059
     WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES NCZ062>065
     HIGH WIND WATCH TUESDAY NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065.
     WIND ADVISORY NCZ048>053-058-059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES SCZ001>003.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

15 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Avery

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Avery forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buncombe

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Buncombe forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Graham

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Graham forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Haywood

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Haywood forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Henderson

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Macon

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Madison

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, McDowell

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: McDowell forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

High Wind, Mitchell

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Mitchell forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern Jackson

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Jackson forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Polk

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

High Wind, Southern Jackson

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Jackson forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Swain

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Swain forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Transylvania

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Transylvania forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Yancey

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Yancey forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, March 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: 5237510, 5237511, 5237512, 5237513, 5237514, 5237515, 5237516, 5237517, 5237518, 5237519, 5237520, 5237521, 5237522, 5237523, 5237524.