Ice Storm, Davie
- When
- February 27, 6:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Davie forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 27, 2003
Freezing rain developed during the early morning hours across Davie County, and by sunrise, ice accumulations began to result in damage to trees and power lines. Total ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch were observed by afternoon.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 developed during the early morning hours across Davie County, and by sunrise, ice accumulations began to result in damage to trees and power lines. Total ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch were observed by afternoon.
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 27, 3:55 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:55 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WHERE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE NORTH AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...PLUS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FROM GREENVILLE TO YORK COUNTIES. ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE OTHER AREAS IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 1/4 INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:26 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, February 27, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 27, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 27 to 28, 2003
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, February 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, February 27 to 28, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5344827.