Low pressure tracked east across the Carolinas, then pushed offshore, dumping two to four inches of snow across much of the region.
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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.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Low pressure tracked east across the Carolinas, then pushed offshore, dumping two to four inches of snow across much of the region.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow began falling the morning of January 20th, and spotters in Maxton and Lumberton reported three to four inches of accumulation by midday. Many businesses were closed, and all schools were closed. No weather related traffic accidents were relayed to the National Weather Service.
Heavy snow began falling the morning of January 20th, and spotters in Tar Heel and White Lake reported four inches of accumulation by midday, with two and a half inches reported in Elizabethtown. Many businesses were closed, and all schools were closed. No weather related traffic accidents were relayed to the National Weather Service.
Heavy snow began falling the morning of January 20th, and spotters in Willard and Watha reported around two inches of accumulation by midday. Many businesses were closed, and all schools were closed. No weather related traffic accidents were relayed to the National Weather Service.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 150693, 150692, 150694.