Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2007

Name: Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2007
Start: 2007-02-17T15:30
End: 2007-02-18T21:30
Location: North Carolina

February 17 to 18, 2007 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Low pressure moving across the area brought light snow February 17th. to 8 inches in western portions of Ashe and Watauga counties.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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: 2

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 RNK wrote it up.

Low pressure moving across the area brought light snow February 17th. The arctic airmass behind this system combined with upper level disturbances, brought heavier snow showers into the 18th.|Snowfall amounts ranged from 2 inches along the Blue Ridge...to 8 inches in western portions of Ashe and Watauga counties.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 17, 2:50 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 2:50 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 6:54 AM EST, 8 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
654 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

WVZ045-181200-
GREENBRIER-
654 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS
OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS
TO THE WEST. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WSWRNK...WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF
SNOWFALL ARE REQUESTED.

NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-181200-
ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-
654 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WSWRNK...WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF
SNOWFALL ARE REQUESTED.

NCZ002-VAZ011>014-016>020-WVZ044-181200-
ALLEGHANY NC-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE-
654 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS...AND STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW
THE SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-181200-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
654 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The radar

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

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Watauga

When: February 17, 3:30 PM EST to February 18, 9:30 PM EST
Where: Watauga forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ashe

When: February 17, 4:30 PM EST to February 18, 9:00 PM EST
Where: Ashe forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.434, -81.500 (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: 16996, 16995.