Winter Storm, Lee
- When
- December 26, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.475, -79.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 26, 2004
S. coast on Sunday.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 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
- 16
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 RAH wrote it up.
Low pressure developed over the Gulf of Mexico late Saturday afternoon and moved northeast across northern Florida late Saturday night, and up the Southeast U.S. coast on Sunday. A mixture of snow and sleet overspread the area from south to north late Saturday night and continued through early Sunday afternoon. Snow and sleet accumulated generally 3 to 6 inches across the Sandhills, eastern Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. Up to a quarter inch of ice accrued in the southern Coastal Plain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Richmond
- When
- December 26, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.006, -79.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wake
- When
- December 26, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Franklin
- When
- December 26, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -78.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Moore
- When
- December 26, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Moore forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.311, -79.481 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Scotland
- When
- December 26, 5:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scotland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -79.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Harnett
- When
- December 26, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.369, -78.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sampson
- When
- December 26, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.992, -78.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cumberland
- When
- December 26, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.049, -78.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Edgecombe
- When
- December 26, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Edgecombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Johnston
- When
- December 26, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hoke
- When
- December 26, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hoke forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -79.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wilson
- When
- December 26, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wilson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.705, -77.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wayne
- When
- December 26, 9:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.364, -78.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Halifax
- When
- December 26, 10:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.258, -77.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Nash
- When
- December 26, 10:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nash forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -77.986 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind and High Surf in Florida, December 26, 2004
- Ice Storm in Georgia, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 26 to 27, 2004
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, December 26 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 26 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Rhode Island, December 26 to 27, 2004
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 26, 2004
More
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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: 5430769, 5430772, 5430775, 5430764, 5430770, 5430774, 5430766, 5430773, 5430762, 5430763, 5430768, 5430767, 5430777, 5430776, 5430765, 5430771.