High Wind — Avery, North Carolina

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Avery, North Carolina

Event narrative

County comms reported scattered to numerous trees were blown down and isolated power outages.

Wider weather episode

Strong to damaging wind gusts developed from the northwest across the North Carolina mountains in the wake of a cold front. The main impact was across Avery County, where scattered to numerous trees were blown down and isolated power outages were reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1083614. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.