South Carolina, 2013

Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 2 to 3, 2013

February 2 to 3, 2013 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Light snow developed across the mountains during the late morning and continued off and on through much of the day. Snow tapered off during the evening, but redeveloped for a short period of time during the morning of the 3rd.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 snow developed across the mountains during the late morning and continued off and on through much of the day. Snow tapered off during the evening, but redeveloped for a short period of time during the morning of the 3rd. Total accumulations generally ranged from 1-4 inches.

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 2, 9:31 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 9:31 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 4:10 AM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062-031000-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-
410 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EST
SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GAZ010-NCZ053-063>065-501-503-505-SCZ001>003-031000-
RABUN-BUNCOMBE-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
410 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST LATE TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. MOISTURE
ARRIVING WITH THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WHILE THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...IT IS
EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506>510-SCZ004>014-019-031000-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
410 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.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...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:19 AM EST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1019 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-021800-
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN
1019 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013

...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA BY NOON...

AT 1000 AM...REGIONAL RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SNOW MOVING
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW WAS RECENTLY REPORTED
AT CROSSVILLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE FAR
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN
INCH PER HOUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKIES AND THE NEWFOUND MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...
EVEN THE SURROUNDING VALLEYS COULD SEE PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW.

LANE

Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Oconee Mountains

When
February 2, 11:00 AM EST to February 3, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Oconee Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
County Official

Winter Weather, Pickens Mountains

When
February 2, 11:00 AM EST to February 3, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Pickens Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
County Official

Winter Weather, Greenville Mountains

When
February 2, 11:00 AM EST to February 3, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Greenville Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
County Official

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, February 2013

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: 436048, 436049, 436050.