North Carolina, 2005Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 9, 2005
December 9, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 forecasters said that day
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 8, 9:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 9:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:59 AM EST, 19 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-091100-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
559 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
TODAY AND WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD FALL AS RAIN. HOWEVER...MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND AREAS ALONG
AND JUST EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT FROM BREVARD TO NEWLAND MAY SEE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH. PORTIONS OF HENDERSON...MITCHELL...AND
AVERY COUNTIES MAY SEE DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SEE THE ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORIES /WSWGSP/.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WIND
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUST TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE WEIGHT OF THE
ICE IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR POWER
LINE AND TREE DAMAGE. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT /SPSGSP/
ADDRESSES THIS SITUATION IN GREATER DETAIL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS OF WINTER WEATHER MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 8:50 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1041 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005
NCZ033>037-048>050-053>057-065>070-SCZ003-006>008-090945-
ALEXANDER-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-
CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
HENDERSON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-POLK NC-
ROWAN-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-YANCEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...
GREENVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MARION...
MOCKSVILLE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...
SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...TRYON
1041 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005
...FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF WINTER WEATHER REPORTS FROM COUNTY
COMMUNICATION CENTERS...
IN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...
SECONDARY ROADS ARE ICY IN AVERY COUNTY...WITH A FEW SLICK
SPOTS ON ROADS IN MITCHELL COUNTY. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION IS OCCURRING ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES.
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...
SECONDARY ROADS ARE BECOMING ICY...MAINLY IN CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER
COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUE ON ELEVATED
SURFACES.
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS/SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...
A FEW SLICK SPOTS ARE BEING REPORTED ON HENDERSON AND
RUTHERFORD COUNTY ROADS. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS
OCCURRING ON ELEVATED SURFACES IN HENDERSON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...
AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MADISON COUNTY. BUNCOMBE COUNTY
REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN.
WESTERN PIEDMONT...
SOME LIGHT ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON ELEVATED SURFACES IN NORTHERN
IREDELL COUNTY. OTHERWISE...PRECIPITATION HAS MAINLY FALLEN AS
RAIN.
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH
OF I-85...MAINLY IN AREAS FROM GREENVILLE TO GAFFNEY.
LANE
Ice Storm, Henderson
- When
- December 9, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
As freezing rain continued to fall through the early morning hours, ice accretion became significant enough to cause widespread damage to trees and power lines across Henderson County. The lingering ice caused numerous traffic accidents during rush hour on the morning of the 9th. At least one fatal accident (indirect) occurred near Etowah.
- 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.
- Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 9, 2005$2.5 million · 65 kt wind · 22 events
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Rhode Island, December 9, 20052 injured · $240,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 9, 2005$100,000 · 12 events
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 9, 2005$70,000 · 7 events
- Winter Weather in New York, December 9, 2005$45,000 · 9 events
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 9, 200530 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 9, 2005$40,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 9, 2005$30,000 · 2 events
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 9, 200517 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 9, 200517 events
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 9, 2005$20,000 · 2 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 9 to 11, 200515 events
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: 5488648.