Minus 15 wind chills and 40-mph gusts prompt travel warning in Western North Carolina Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
Feb. 3 Wind chills as low as minus 15 are forecast Wednesday in the North Carolina mountains, prompting warnings of dangerous conditions for those venturing outdoors.
A wind chill advisory is in effect through mid-morning and a wind advisory is in place until 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Wind chill values will run as low as 5 to 15 degrees below zero . with gusts of 40+ mph for the mountains, the National Weather Service reports.
Wind gusts could reach 50 mph, leading to power outages caused by falling limbs and trees, forecasters said.
The addition increased the total in the state to 764,228 since the start of the pandemic.
As of Jan. 31, COVID-19 deaths in the state totaled 9,409.
In Buncombe County, another 67 cases reported Feb. 2 increased the new total to 13,469 and a total of 253 deaths.
Hospitalizations
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients across the state dropped for the seventh day in a row, with 2,741 reported as of Feb. 1, down from 3,368 reported Jan. 25.
The state reported 261 confirmed positive patients admitted in the previous 24 hours.
At Mission Health, there were 124 lab-confirmed COVID-19 patients across its area hospitals, reported spokeswoman Nancy Lindell.
Of patients in the hospital as of 6:30 a.m. Feb. 2, 96 were at Mission Hospital in Asheville, eight at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, three at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, eight at Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion and nine at Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard.
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The mountains were snow-deprived. The nights were sweaty and hot. And at times, it seemed the rain would never stop.
The year 2020 broke, or came close to breaking, several weather records in North Carolina, indicating that climate change is not a distant threat, but an immediate one, playing out in real time.
2020 was the second-wettest on record, even though only one hurricane, Isaias, made landfall.
The year tied 2017 for the third-warmest, not because of a streak of 100-degree days, but because the nights were steamy. In terms of minimum temperatures, 2020 was the warmest since 1895, and the sixth consecutive year this record was broken.