Heavy Snow, Avery
- When
- February 22, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 22, 2001
4 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 4
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 21, 11:33 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 11:33 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1133 PM EST WED FEB 21 2001 WL UPDATE ZONES TO GO CATEGORICAL POPS OVER THE UPSTATE AND THE MOUNTAINS. H8 BNDRY IS BEGINNING TO ACTIVATE JUST SW OF THE CWA ATTM 00Z FFC SOUNDING WAS MOIST ADIABATIC ALL THE WAY UP...SO THE FEW CG/S WE ARE GETTING IN NE GA SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE REGION. DESPITE SFC DWPTS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS IN THE NE CWA...THE AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY PCPN FIRST...THE MTNS AND UPSTATE...ARE STILL RUNNING IN THE 30S AND 40S...W/TEMPS STILL IN THE 40S AND 50S. THUS...THINK P-TYPE PROBLEMS WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AT LEAST AFTER THE 4 AM PACKAGE AND WL NOT EXPAND ADVISORY. HOWEVER...IT IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING WITH THE AMOUNT OF UPSTREAM CONVECTION. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SEE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW AS THIS ELEVATED MCS RIDES OVER THE COLD DOME. I HOPE I/VE PLACED IT RIGHT WITH THE NRN MTNS WSW...BUT THE MID SHIFT WL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY. FCSTID = 14 GSP 40 42 36 60 / 90 100 20 10 AND 40 42 36 60 / 90 100 20 10 CLT 37 38 34 59 / 60 100 20 10 HKY 33 36 31 56 / 60 100 20 10 AVL 35 40 31 52 / 90 100 20 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TNGT AND WED MORNING NCZ033-NCZ049-NCZ050. SC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:19 PM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
NCZ034>037-048-051>059-062>072-082-221000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1019 PM EST WED FEB 21 2001 ...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY... COLD...DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...WHILE MOISTURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE AREA. THIS COMBINATION WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION. SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY AS EARLY AS 3 AM THURSDAY...AND IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BY DAWN...WITH SLEET IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. BY LATE MORNING...FREEZING RAIN MAY ENTER THE MIX IN THE AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WHILE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE MIX IN THE REST OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET IN THE MOUNTAINS BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIXTURE MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. JAT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Burke
- When
- February 22, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Heavy Snow, McDowell
- When
- February 22, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Heavy snow, accompanied at times by thunder, accumulated quickly. In the foothills, the heavy snow was restricted to mountainous sections -- near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Heavy Snow, Mitchell
- When
- February 22, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Sleet in North Carolina, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2001
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: 5232491, 5232492, 5232493, 5232494.