A classical cold air damning set up provided ample cold and dry air for central North Carolina. As low pressure tracked northeastward from the Gulf of Mexico to just off the Carolina coast, a major winter storm impacted the area.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A classical cold air damning set up provided ample cold and dry air for central North Carolina. As low pressure tracked northeastward from the Gulf of Mexico to just off the Carolina coast, a major winter storm impacted the area. The precipitation started out as all snow across the entire area, but gradually transitioned to a snow/sleet mix and eventually mostly freezing rain across portions of the forecast area as a warm nose overspread portions of the region. Locations in the far northwestern portion of the forecast area stayed mostly all snow and received totals of 6-8 inches, with isolated amounts up to 10 inches. Snow amounts decreased further south and east as there was more mixed precipitation, but nevertheless everywhere saw at least 3-5 inches of snow/sleet. In addition, everywhere received at least a trace of freezing, with the Interstate 85 corridor receiving around a quarter inch of freezing rain. This resulted in some sporadic power outages and downed trees.
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 12, 11:44 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1144 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST TODAY. THIS POWERFUL LOW WILL THEN TURN NORTHEAST AND MOVE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. BEHIND THIS STORM... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1135 AM WEDNESDAY... ...SIGNIFICANT IF NOT CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS STRONG THIS MORNING AND THE STAGE IS SET FOR A TREMENDOUS WINTER STORM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6PM THURSDAY. FORECAST IS LARGELY ON TRACK AND NEEDED LITTLE ADJUSTMENT. CLASSICAL COLD AIR DAMMING EVENT UNDERWAY TODAY...WITH A STRONG 1035 MB ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH ALONG THE NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST...AND A PAIR OF DEVELOPING SURFACE LOWS OVER THE NE GOM AND ANOTHER JUST EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FL. MAIN FORECAST CHANGE WAS TO DELAY BY A COUPLE OF HOURS THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION/SNOW...AS THE VERY DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCTIC HIGH - CHARACTERIZED BY SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AROUND 10 DEGREES FROM THE TRIAD TO TRIANGLE - HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO INITIALLY OVERCOME. ONCE IT DOES...HOWEVER...THE SNOW INTENSITY HAS BEEN QUITE IMPRESSIVE...WITH 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN NC. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WAA...EVIDENT IN THE STRONG VEERING OF WINDS IN THE LOW-MID LEVELS PER 12Z RAOB AND REGIONAL VWP IMAGERY...WILL SUPPORT BOTH INTENSE LIFT...AS WELL AS WARMING IN THE LAYER SUCH THAT A CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS AREAS FROM LAURINBURG TO WILSON BY AROUND 5PM. INTERESTINGLY...CONVECTION HAS RACED ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE... AHEAD OF GUIDANCE TIMING THIS MORNING...AND MANY PAST CASES OF THAT OCCURRENCE HAS RESULTED IN REDUCED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DOWNSTREAM. NOT SEEING ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT AT THIS TIME...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OBSERVATIONAL AND NWP DATA TRENDS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LASTLY...WINDS AND GUSTS IN THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE HIGH AND LOWS...HAVE BEEN RATHER BLUSTERY...PARTICULARLY WITH THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION AT THE SURFACE LIKELY OWING TO EVAPORATIVE COOLING/ACCELERATION. ALL-IN- ALL...NO MAJOR CHANGES/JUST TWEAKS PLANNED AT THIS TIME...AND AN UPDATED WSW PRODUCT HAS JUST BEEN SENT. TONIGHT: DEEPER INTO THE COLD AIR...THE P-TYPE CHANGEOVER WILL BE SLOWER TO OCCUR...BUT WE EXPECT A MIX OF PTYPES IN THE VICINITY OF THE US 1 CORRIDOR BY 8-10PM. HOWEVER...IT IS DURING THIS PERIOD PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT THAT WE MAY SEE SOME HEAVY PRECIP BANDING NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRONG FGEN AROUND 850MB. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT KRDU SHOW A DEEP ISOTHERMAL LAYER...SUGGESTING PRECIP RATES MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE PTYPE BACK TO SNOW AT TIMES BEFORE CHANGING OVER THE FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. IF THERE ARE ANY AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...IT IS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A DRY SLOT OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT....AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE WARM NOSE TO REACH THE WESTERN PIEDMONT. ALL MODELS SHOW SOME DEGREE OF A DRY SLOT MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...SO THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON PRECIP RATES AND CHANGE PTYPE TO FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. REGARDING THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE WARM NOSE AND POSSIBLE MIXING OF PTYPES OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT...AGAIN...ALL MODELS SHOW SOME POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE TRIAD...WHICH WOULD REDUCE SNOW AMOUNTS. STRONG FORCING SHOULD HELP KEEP PRECIP TO MOSTLY SNOW...BUT THE LOSS OF MOISTURE IN THE ICE NUCLEATION ZONE LATE TONIGHT WILL INEVITABLY CUT OF THE SNOW AND CHANGE THINGS OVER TO FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A LITTLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HWY 64 WHERE PRECIP WILL BE DELAYED. EVEN IF TEMPS RISE ABOVE FREEZING...DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE TEENS AND 20S WETBULB TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING AND TEMPS WILL FALL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIP. AFTER THAT....THEY WILL HOLD MOSTLY UNCHANGED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...FLIRTING WITH 32/33 DEGREES EAST OF I-95 LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND BRISK AT TIMES...15-20MPH AND GUSTING INTO THE 20S...ESPECIALLY AS THE LOW DEEPENS OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT. BASED ON ALL OF THIS...THE FORECAST WILL BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...AND THE EXPECTED AMOUNTS/IMPACTS ARE MOSTLY THE SAME: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF 6-8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL IN THE PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 320 AM WEDNESDAY... MODEL VARIATIONS CONTINUE REGARDING THE SPECIFIC TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW BUT OUR BEST ASSESSMENT NOW IS THAT IT WILL TRACK OVER THE NC SOUNDS THU MORNING BEFORE HEADING NNE TO JUST OFF NEW ENGLAND THU NIGHT... A TRACK JUST SLIGHT EAST OF THE ECMWF TRACK. BRISK NW SURFACE WINDS OVER CENTRAL NC WILL SHIFT TO WNW AND WEST AND DECREASE THU EVENING THEN BECOME LIGHT SW AS HIGH PRESSURE CROSSES THE NRN GULF/FL LATE THU NIGHT. THE STRENGTHENING AND NEGATIVELY- TILTING MID LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO SIT OVER FAR WRN SC THU MORNING THEN TRACK EAST AND ENE ACROSS SRN AND ERN NC DURING THE DAY... TO OFF NJ BY MIDNIGHT AND TO NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. AS THE 700 MB LOW TRACKS RIGHT UP THROUGH ERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC... A DEFORMATION BAND ON ITS NW SIDE DRAGS UP ALONG THE WRN AND CENTRAL PIEDMONT... AND IT IS HERE WHERE WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF BANDED SNOW... AND POTENTIALLY MORE IF THE MODELS TREND TOWARD GREATER FGEN HERE. TOUGH CALL ON THE PRECISE LOCATION OF SUCH A BAND AS THERE ARE MODEL VARIATIONS IN THE TRACK OF THE MID LEVEL LOW... BUT WITH BROAD MODEL SUPPORT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH AT THIS TIME THAT WE'LL SEE ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THU TO BUMP UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL OVER MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT. WITH THE DRYING ABOVE -10C EXTENDING INTO THU MORNING WE SHOULD SEE MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE EXCEPT FOR MAINLY LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE IN THE EXTREME EAST EARLY ON. THEN AS LIFT INCREASES TOWARD MIDDAY... RE-SATURATED THE ICE NUCLEATION ZONE ALOFT... WITH COOLING AT 850 MB (ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT)... EXPECT A TREND BACK TO MOSTLY SNOW BY LATE MORNING... WITH THE BULK OF THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OCCURRING FROM MIDDAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AVERAGE MODEL QPF THROWS DOWN AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH LIQUID EQUIVALENT... WITH THE HIGHER VALUES ACROSS THE NRN PIEDMONT... SO EVEN BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH SNOW-LIQUID RATIOS... WE SHOULD STILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL PRIMARILY OVER THE PIEDMONT AND INTO THE WRN SANDHILLS... AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW TOTALS EVEN HIGHER IN THE FAR NRN PIEDMONT THAN THAT IF BANDING BECOMES MORE PROFOUND. EXPECT THE PRECIP TO TAPER OFF QUICKLY FROM SW TO NE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW DEPARTS... AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY CLEARING OVERNIGHT AS THE COLUMN DRIES OUT WITH LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW. COULD SEE PATCHY FOG FORMING LATE. AND WE WILL LIKELY NEED ADVISORIES FOR RESIDUAL SNOW/ICE ON ROADS GOING THROUGH FRI MORNING. TEMPS SHOULD STRUGGLE TO RISE THU TO HIGHS OF 33-36. LOWS THU NIGHT 23-29... COOLEST IN THE SW. -GIH && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 230 AM WEDNESDAY... A BROAD UPPER TROF WILL BE LEFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING WINTER STORM...PROMOTING FAST-MOVING...LOW QPF NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. FRIDAY WILL BE TRANQUIL...ALLOWING SOME CLEANUP TIME AFTER THE WINTER STORM WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOW TO MID 40S. THE FIRST SHORT WAVE WILL BE DIGGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...QUICKLY TRAVERSING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SHORT WAVE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...WITH MAINLY SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF CENTRAL NC. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AT THIS TIME...A DUSTING OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH COULD CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT ON ROADS THAT MELT AND REFREEZE OR ARE NOT TREATED. MIN TEMPS WILL FALL TO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TO AROUND FREEZING IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. SKIES WILL BE CLEARING BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S. ANOTHER MID LEVEL CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. THIS SHORT WAVE WILL BE EVEN DRIER...PRODUCING MAINLY CLOUDINESS...BUT PERHAPS A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...BUT POP CHANCES ARE TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION AT THIS TIME. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 40S NORTHWEST TO LOWER 50S SOUTHEAST AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE 25 TO 30 RANGE. LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING WILL PROMOTE A BIT OF A WARMUP TO START OFF THE NEW WORK WEEK...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MIGRATING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND SHUNTING DRY AIR SOUTH DOWN THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. SKIES WILL BE CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SUNNY SKIES ON MONDAY. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO LOW AND MID 50S SOUTHEAST AFTER MORNING MINS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. VERY QUICK TRANSITION FROM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONTINUES WITH RETURN FLOW MONDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE WILL ALLOW HIGH TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. -MLM && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 725 AM WEDNESDAY... A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH WORSENING CONDITIONS SPREADING INTO CENTRAL NC FROM SSW TO NNE. AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN GOOD THROUGH MID MORNING... WITH VFR CIGS/VSBYS... BUT THEN EXPECT A RAPID DETERIORATION TO IFR VSBYS AND MVFR CIGS BY AROUND 15Z AT FAY... BY 18Z AT INT/GSO/RDU... AND BY 19Z AT RWI. PRECIP TYPE WILL INITIALLY BE MAINLY SNOW OR SNOW/SLEET. CIGS/VSBYS WILL THEN QUICKLY DROP FURTHER TO IFR/LIFR BY 19Z AT FAY... BY 20Z OR 21Z AT INT/GSO/RDU... AND BY 22Z OR 23Z AT RWI. AND AT THIS TIME... PRECIP TYPES WILL SHIFT TO MAINLY SNOW/SLEET AT INT/GSO/RDU AND TO MAINLY SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AT FAY/RWI. THESE DANGEROUS IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL HOLD THROUGH TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC AS THEY STRENGTHEN FROM UNDER 10 KTS PRIOR TO 18Z TO AROUND 15 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20-25 KT BY MID AFTERNOON... REMAINING STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT. LOOKING BEYOND 12Z TONIGHT... IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO DOMINATE WITH WINTRY PRECIP PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST 21Z THURSDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS... A TREND TO VFR CONDITIONS WITH CLEARING SKIES IS EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH THE MOIST GROUND AND DECREASING CLOUDS WILL FOSTER GROUND FOG FORMATION THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. A CLIPPER SYSTEM FROM THE NW WILL BRING A RETURN TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH RAIN FRI NIGHT... FOLLOWED BY VFR CONDITIONS ON SAT. -GIH && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM TODAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089. && SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD NEAR TERM...MWS/SMITH SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD LONG TERM...MLM AVIATION...HARTFIELD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 428 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 NCZ042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130930- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 428 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL 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 STORM WARNING. RECENT SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SECONDARY ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-130930- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- 428 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL 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 STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1050 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
1045 AM SNOW WADESBORO 34.97N 80.07W
02/12/2014 E1.0 INCH ANSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1400567
BLAESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1054 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 AM SNOW CLINTON 35.00N 78.33W
02/12/2014 E0.5 INCH SAMPSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
SLEET AND SNOW MIX NOW.
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1400569
BLAESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1059 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-121800- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN... ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD... ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1059 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING AND HEAVY AT TIMES... AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE NORTHERN EDGE OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION...MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...FROM NEAR BADIN LAKE EAST TO NEAR LILLINGTON AND GOLDSBORO. WHERE SNOW WAS ACCUMULATING...THERE WERE ALREADY REPORTS OF VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE...BUT IF YOU MUST... LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. REPORTS SHOWED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW HAD OCCURRED ACROSS MANY AREAS FROM ROCKINGHAM AND LAURINBURG EAST THROUGH FAYETTEVILLE. SOME OF THE SNOW WAS MIXING WITH SLEET TOWARD CLINTON AND RAEFORD. WINTERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE...AND AT TIMES THE WINDS COULD GUST TO AROUND 25 MPH...LOCALLY HAMPERING VISIBILITY FURTHER. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE DEFINITE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE HEATING SOURCE AT ANY TIME DURING THE WINTER STORM...BE SURE TO DO IT SAFELY AND FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS. DJF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1115 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-121815- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...WILSON 1115 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...SNOW GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF SNOW FROM NEAR BADIN LAKE EAST TO NEAR LILLINGTON AND GOLDSBORO. IN SOME PARTS OF THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...THE SNOW HAD MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...AND THERE WERE SOME REPORTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW. WHERE SNOW WAS ACCUMULATING...THERE WERE ALREADY REPORTS OF VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. WINTERY PRECIPITATION...MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW TO START... WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE AFTERNOON. NOW IS THE TIME TO FINISH ANY PLANS IN ADVANCE OF THE WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL WHILE SNOW BEGINS...BE SURE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE DEFINITE TRAVEL PROBLEMS THAT WILL DEVELOP... ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE HEATING SOURCE AT ANY TIME DURING THE WINTER STORM...BE SURE TO DO IT SAFELY AND FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS. DJF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1139 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM SNOW SOUTHERN PINES 35.18N 79.40W
02/12/2014 M1.0 INCH MOORE NC PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1400570
BLAESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1153 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM SNOW LAURINBURG 34.77N 79.47W
02/12/2014 E2.5 INCH SCOTLAND NC NEWSPAPER
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1400571
BLAESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
31 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow fall averaged 6-8 inches across the county, with isolated amounts up to 10 inches. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/4 inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-6 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 1/4 to 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/4 inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-8 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/4 inch.
Snow fall averaged 3 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between a trace to 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 7-9 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 2/10 to 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 8-9 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/4 inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-8 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 1/10 to 1/4 inch.
Snow fall averaged 3-4 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between a trace to 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 5-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between a 1/10 to 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 4-6 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 5-6 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 1/10 to 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 3-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 5-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 8-10 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 2/10 to 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 5-6 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 2-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between a trace to 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-8 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 2/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 6-7 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 2/10 to 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 3-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 2/10 to 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 5-6 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between 2/10 to 1/4 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 2-4 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged a trace.
Snow fall averaged 3-4 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual ranged between a trace to 1/10 of an inch.
Snow fall averaged 2-5 inches across the county. In addition, ice accrual averaged 1/10 of an inch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2014
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 503036, 503037, 503038, 503039, 503040, 503041, 503042, 503043, 503044, 503045, 503046, 503047, 503048, 503049, 503050, 503051, 503052, 503053, 503054, 503055, 503056, 503057, 503058, 503059, 503060, 503061, 503062, 503063, 503064, 503065, 503066.