High Wind, Yancey
- When
- February 4, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2003
Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 GSP wrote it up.
Some trees and power lines were blown down.
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 Feb 4, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 631 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 UPDATING TO RAISE POP E...LOWER POP W...REMOVE THUNDER. PRECIPIATIONS RACING E AND OUT OF MOUNTAINS. COVERAGE ALONG FRONTAL BAND NEARLY SOLID. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS POINT. FCSTID = 7 GSP 58 30 49 30 / 60 0 0 10 AND 59 30 50 30 / 60 0 0 10 CLT 59 30 50 30 / 80 0 0 10 HKY 57 28 46 28 / 50 0 0 10 AVL 53 24 44 25 / 30 10 0 10 .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017. NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ049>050. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ048...NCZ051>053...NCZ058>059... NCZ062>065. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>003. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 5:00 AM EST, 4 hours before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES TODAY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A WIND ADVISIRY IS IN EFFECT TODAY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BORDERING TENNESEE...CONTINUING THIS EVENING FROM MADISON COUNTY TO AVERY COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW..OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW...FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 4, 3:44 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-041130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER...WILL SWEEP QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE LINE WILL REACH GREENVILLE AND ANDERSON ABOUT 430 AM...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA ABOUT 530 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AS THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RWH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Mitchell
- When
- February 4, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (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 New York, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Ohio, February 4, 2003
- Dense Fog in California, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Vermont, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 4, 2003
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2003
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in New York, February 4, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2003
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: 5344834, 5344835.