Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 2, 2004

Name: Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 2, 2004
Start: 2004-02-02T18:00
End: 2004-02-02T22:00
Location: North Carolina

February 2, 2004 · NWS GSP · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Light freezing rain, mixed occasionally with sleet, developed during the evening across portions of the mountains and foothills. Ice accretion of up to 1/8 inch occurred on elevated surfaces.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

Light freezing rain, mixed occasionally with sleet, developed during the evening across portions of the mountains and foothills. Ice accretion of up to 1/8 inch occurred on elevated surfaces.

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 2, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 6:53 AM EST, 11 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
653 AM EST MON FEB 2 2004

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-021340-
ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC-
CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-
CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC-
HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-
MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC-
RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-
SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC-
653 AM EST MON FEB 2 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...

FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM
WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES / CAEWSWGSP / FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION THE REGION THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NED

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Caldwell

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Winter Weather, Alexander

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Alexander forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Madison

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, McDowell

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: McDowell forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Winter Weather, Henderson

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Polk

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Winter Weather, Rutherford

When: February 2, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Rutherford forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, February 2004

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: 5388386, 5388387, 5388388, 5388389, 5388390, 5388391, 5388392.