Power Outage in Elk Park, NC

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.

February 27, 2023

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

February 27, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Sugar Mountain area.

January 11, 2020

As a warm front lifted slowly north across the Tennessee Valley and the Carolinas, an area of light to moderate snow developed across Avery County around daybreak on the 24th, and continued off and on through the day, except across western portions of the county, where snow changes to rain as temperatures warmed above freezing. Temperatures warming above the surface forced a transition to sleet and freezing rain across the southern and eastern part of the county during the afternoon and early evening, but not before 2-4 inches of snow had accumulated. Sleet and freezing rain continued across much of the southern and eastern part of the county through the evening. Ice accretion of around a quarter inch was reported across much of these areas by the time the precipitation tapered off during the early morning hours of the 25th. The weight of the ice downed trees and power lines, with scattered outages reported.

March 24, 2018

High Wind. High winds developed across the mountains behind a strong cold front that swept through the region during the evening. Numerous trees were blown down. There were scattered power outages throughout the mountains.

January 22, 2005

Power outages rapidly increasing as 100+ mph wind gusts have reported across parts of #California from this formida… https://t.co/ObZIsso4ZX

@TomNiziol - January 05, 2023 08:34

I am thinking widespread power outages will occur in WNY from this event. When wind gusts to 67 mph show up in the… https://t.co/xGTmsbVMUb

@TomNiziol - December 10, 2021 19:06

Mountain Electric Cooperative announces has a planned major power outage scheduled for Saturday night, April 17, 20… https://t.co/7vsUazhrUA

@The_AJT - March 26, 2021 19:45

Very dangerous scenario with power outages surpassing 2 million in #Texas per https://t.co/aS3boNwRW4 and temperatu… https://t.co/jLQyv4rMmU

@TomNiziol - February 15, 2021 13:29

Power outages growing across the Southern Plains per https://t.co/hKTw3COijh With Arctic temps in the forecast it… https://t.co/KpvXbRpCyH

@TomNiziol - February 14, 2021 16:45