• High Wind Watch for Yancey County, North Carolina
  • High Wind Watch issued February 28 at 9:49PM EST until March 03 at 12:00PM EST by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 5 p.m.
  • Expires: Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11 a.m.

  • ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
    MORNING...
    .Winds will become northwest and increase in speed in the wake of
    a strong cold front Thursday night and continue into Saturday
    morning.
    ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
    THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
    * LOCATIONS...Mountains and Foothills of North Carolina
    including the Northern Escarpment of Upstate South Carolina
    and extreme Northeast Georgia.
    * HAZARDS...Strong to damaging winds.
    * TIMING...Beginning Thursday night and continuing into Saturday
    morning.
    * WINDS...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
    * IMPACTS...Numerous downed trees and power outages likely.
    Minor structural damage possible. Travel could be difficult,
    especially for high profile vehicles.