S. through the day on January 20, 2023.
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.
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 episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A surface low progressed eastward across the northeastern U.S. through the day on January 20, 2023. A sharp pressure gradient developed between the surface low and surface high pressure pushing in behind it. Strong cold air advection behind the cold front combined with strong winds aloft led to strong and gusty winds over the mountains of northwest North Carolina.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A personal weather station in Blowing Rock measured a maximum wind gust of 59 MPH.
A personal weather station near Baldwin measured a maximum wind gust of 60 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1073571, 1073570.