Ice Storm, Avery
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 1, 2008
Freezing rain continued through the early morning hours of the 1st in areas along the Blue Ridge. Ice accumulations of up to 1/2 inch occurred, resulting to significant damage to trees and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 11
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.
Freezing rain continued through the early morning hours of the 1st in areas along the Blue Ridge. Ice accumulations of up to 1/2 inch occurred, resulting to significant damage to trees and power lines. Power outages were widespread from Brevard to Hendersonville. Sleet mixed in with the freezing rain, resulting in up to 2 inches of sleet accumulation in the Northern Mountains. Precipitation actually began during the evening of January 31st, but ice storm criteria were not met until the early morning hours of February 1st.
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 Jan 31, 10:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 10:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 11:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 NCZ033-020445- AVERY- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. ICE STORM WARNING. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. ICE STORM WARNING. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ049-050-053-020445- YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ501-503-020445- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. ICE STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. ICE STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ505-020445- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-020445- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ063-064-020445- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ065-020445- HENDERSON- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ017-018-026-028-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>070-502-504-506-508-510- SCZ001>008-010-020445- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ507-509-020445- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-020445- RABUN- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-020445- ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1133 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT FRIDAY MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EITHER MOVE INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE LOW OR DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE THESE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON TO LAURENS...YORK...CHARLOTTE AND SALISBURY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 31, 9:48 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 948 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 GAZ010-017-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001>003-010600- RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD 948 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...PATCHY FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING... PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...OUTSIDE OF THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY AREA. PATCHY FREEZING RAIN COULD ALSO BE SEEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR FREEZING RAIN ARE FROM CASHIERS TO BREVARD...AND TUCKASEGEE AND PIGEON RIVER VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE...ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS THAT MAY DEVELOP.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Yancey
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Mitchell
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Buncombe
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Transylvania
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Henderson
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Caldwell Mountains
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caldwell Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.953, -81.546 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Burke Mountains
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, McDowell Mountains
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- McDowell Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.681, -82.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Rutherford Mountains
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rutherford Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.402, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Polk Mountains
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM 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
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather in Rhode Island, February 1, 2008
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2008
- High Wind in Tennessee, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Storm in New York, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 1 to 2, 2008
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 1, 2008
- High Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in New York, February 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 1, 2008
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2008
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: 80808, 80809, 80810, 80811, 80812, 80813, 80814, 80815, 80816, 80817, 80818.