Sleet, Avery
- When
- February 16, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet in North Carolina, February 16, 1998
A mixture of snow and sleet fell across the northern mountains during the early morning and accumulated between 1 and 2 inches. One inch of ice developed on roads in Yancey county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A mixture of snow and sleet fell across the northern mountains during the early morning and accumulated between 1 and 2 inches. One inch of ice developed on roads in Yancey county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet, Mitchell
- When
- February 16, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Yancey
- When
- February 16, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- 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
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- Flood in Florida, February 16 to 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5635458, 5635459, 5635460.