High Wind, Ashe
- When
- February 4, 5:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2002
High winds during the late afternoon and evening of the 4th downed trees and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 late afternoon and evening of the 4th downed trees and power lines.
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 Feb 4, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 305 PM EST MON FEB 4 2002 FINAL S/WV DROPPING DOWN WILL KEEP WINDS STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. WILL CONT WIND WARNING BUT EXTEND IT A COUPLE HOURS TO 10 PM. NOCTURNAL JET SHUD KICK INTO GEAR AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER SUNSET. ON THE OTHER HAND...SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY SHUD WANE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. WESTERN SLOPES HAVE RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH EARLIER SNOW SQUALLS. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION SLOWLY DIMINISHING. WILL DROP THE WW ADVISORY AT 4 PM. TUESDAY THRU MUCH OF WED TO BE DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE. VERY LTL CONFIDENCE IN SYSTEM FOR MIDWEEK. MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY INCONSISTENT...STILL THE CONSENSUS IS TOO KEEP THE BULK OF PCPN SOUTH. CONSENSUS TEMP PROFILE IS GENERALLY FOR A MIX FOR ANYTHING THAT DOES REACH INTO OUR FA...MOSTLY SNOW IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. CRNT FCST REFLECTS THIS SO WILL NOT CHANGE. GOING FURTHER OUT...CRNT FCST SHOWS A CHC OF PCPN FOR SAT. NEW AVN IS ZONAL AND COMPLETELY DRY...WHILE OTHER MODELS STILL SHOW TROFFING IN THE EAST TO VARYING DEGREES. HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN AVN SO WILL LEAVE SAT FCST UNCHANGED. FCSTID = 9/JDS ROA 17 43 25 43 / 0 0 0 10 LYH 16 44 25 44 / 0 0 0 20 DAN 18 46 27 46 / 0 0 0 20 BLF 12 33 19 36 / 30 0 0 20 LWB 12 33 19 36 / 30 0 0 20 BCB 12 37 19 38 / 20 0 0 20 TNB 15 36 23 37 / 20 0 0 30 .RNK... NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ001>002...NCZ018. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ003>004...NCZ019. VA...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS EVENING FOR ZONES VAZ010>020...VAZ022>024...VAZ032>035. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES VAZ007...VAZ009. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES VAZ043>046. WV...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES WVZ042>045.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Watauga
- When
- February 4, 5:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Alleghany
- When
- February 4, 5:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.491, -81.127 (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
- High Wind in South Carolina, February 4, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 4, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 4, 2002
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2002
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: 5282862, 5282863, 5282864.