Winter Weather, Avery
- When
- December 26, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 26, 2006
Light to occasionally moderate snow showers produced accumulations of 1 to 3 inches across the western mountains, mainly in elevations above 3000 feet. Valley locations generally received less than an inch.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 to occasionally moderate snow showers produced accumulations of 1 to 3 inches across the western mountains, mainly in elevations above 3000 feet. Valley locations generally received less than an inch.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Yancey
- When
- December 26, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Mitchell
- When
- December 26, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Swain
- When
- December 26, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Haywood
- When
- December 26, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and High Wind in California, December 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, December 26 to 27, 2006
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 26 to 27, 2006
- High Wind in Oregon, December 26, 2006
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Washington, December 26 to 27, 2006
- High Wind in California, December 26 to 27, 2006
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, December 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 26 to 27, 2006
- Heavy Snow in California, December 26 to 27, 2006
- Winter Storm in California, December 26 to 27, 2006
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 26, 2006
- Flood in Oregon, December 26 to 27, 2006
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 2006
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: 9097, 9098, 9099, 9100, 9101.