Winter Weather, Avery
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 11 to 12, 2011
As colder air filtered into the mountains behind a cold front, snow levels dropped to the higher elevations during the evening. Snow showers continued the rest of the night along the Tennessee border, where snow totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches at elevations above 4000 feet.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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.
As colder air filtered into the mountains behind a cold front, snow levels dropped to the higher elevations during the evening. Snow showers continued the rest of the night along the Tennessee border, where snow totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches at elevations above 4000 feet. However, even some of the western valleys saw around an inch as snow levels continued to drop overnight.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Mitchell
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Yancey
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Madison
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Swain
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM 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, Graham
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Buncombe
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Northern Jackson
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Haywood
- When
- March 11, 4:00 PM EST to March 12, 8:00 AM 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
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, March 11 to 17, 2011
- Tsunami in Hawaii, March 11, 2011
- Tsunami in Oregon, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Blizzard and High Wind in North Dakota, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Flash Flooding in New York, March 11, 2011
- Flooding in New York, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 11, 2011
- Flood in New Hampshire, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 11 to 12, 2011
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 2011
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: 293848, 293849, 293850, 293851, 293852, 293853, 293854, 293855, 293856.