Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 1, 2007

Name: Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 1, 2007
Start: 2007-02-01T04:00
End: 2007-02-01T13:00
Location: North Carolina

February 1, 2007 · NWS GSP · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Light to moderate snow developed across the North Carolina mountains during the pre-dawn hours. The snow became heavy at times toward sunrise.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 moderate snow developed across the North Carolina mountains during the pre-dawn hours. The snow became heavy at times toward sunrise. By mid-morning, as much as 3 inches of snow had accumulated across the area. Snow, heavy at times continued across the portions of the southern and central mountains through the morning hours, with most locations reporting heavy snowfall totals by mid-morning. Total accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches across the area.

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 1, 3:00 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:00 AM EST, 1 hour before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Swain

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Swain forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Graham

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Graham forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northern Jackson

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Transylvania

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Transylvania forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Henderson

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Polk Mountains

When: February 1, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Polk Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.279, -82.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, February 2007

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: 18696, 18697, 18698, 18699, 18700, 18701.