Sleet, Onslow
- When
- March 2, 11:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow forecast zone
Sleet in North Carolina, March 2, 1998
A brief shower of ice pellets fell across coastal regions covering the ground in some areas in Onslow county.
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 MHX wrote it up.
A brief shower of ice pellets fell across coastal regions covering the ground in some areas in Onslow county.
Event by event
3 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet, Carteret
- When
- March 2, 11:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret forecast zone
Sleet, Craven
- When
- March 2, 11:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Craven forecast zone
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
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 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: 5629427, 5629428, 5629429.