High Wind, Grayson
- When
- December 20, 4:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grayson forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.657, -81.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, December 20, 2001
High winds during the predawn hours of the 20th downed several trees in Grayson County.
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 RNK wrote it up.
High winds during the predawn hours of the 20th downed several trees in Grayson County.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 20, 3:55 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:55 AM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 355 AM EST THU DEC 20 2001 WILL GO WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR THE NRN MTNS OF NC AND GRAYSON COUNTIES. EXPECTING GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH- JEFFERSON IN ASHE COUNTY ALREADY SHOWING THIS. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP TO AN ADVISORT THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN TO EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF SW VA ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. OTHER THAN LESS CLOUDINESS TODAY IN UPSLOPE SE WV...LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS ZONES. THE MODELS SEEM TO BE COMING AROUND TO THE NEXT PCPN BEING SUNDAY THEN A COLD NW FLOW THRU CHRISTMAS. TRACK OF THE CLOSED LOW MOST MODELS SHOW WILL OF COURSE DICTATE WHETHER WE GET ANY SNOW- IT/S TOO UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME TO ADD TO THE FCST. FCSTID = 6 ROA 48 33 48 26 / 0 0 0 0 LYH 48 29 48 20 / 0 0 0 0 DAN 51 31 51 22 / 0 0 0 0 BLF 38 23 40 21 / 10 0 0 0 LWB 37 23 39 15 / 20 0 0 0 BCB 42 26 43 18 / 0 0 0 0 TNB 39 24 41 16 / 20 0 0 0 .RNK... NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ001>002... NCZ018. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 800 AM EST THURSDAY UNTIL 500 PM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ003>006...NCZ019>020. VA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE VAZ015. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES VAZ009>014...VAZ016>020... VAZ022>024...VAZ032>035. WV...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Hail in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Weather in California, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, December 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 20 to 21, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- Strong Wind in Virginia, December 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 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: 5273948.