Sleet, Alexander
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet in North Carolina, December 23 to 24, 1998
Freezing rain and some sleet developed early Wednesday morning and persisted through the morning of Christmas Eve. Some areas later received enough glaze to cause damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Freezing rain and some sleet developed early Wednesday morning and persisted through the morning of Christmas Eve. Some areas later received enough glaze to cause damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
21 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet, Avery
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Buncombe
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Burke
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sleet, Cleveland
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Gaston
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gaston forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Graham
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Haywood
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Iredell
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Iredell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Macon
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Madison
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Mecklenburg
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Mitchell
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Northern Jackson
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Polk
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sleet, Rutherford
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sleet, Southern Jackson
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Swain
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Transylvania
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Union
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Yancey
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Sleet
- Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Cold in Arkansas, December 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in Maryland, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 23 to 24, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 1998
Sources
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: 5675050, 5675051, 5675052, 5675053, 5675163, 5675164, 5675165, 5675166, 5675167, 5675168, 5675169, 5675170, 5675171, 5675172, 5675173, 5675174, 5675175, 5675176, 5675177, 5675178, 5675179.