North Carolina, 2014Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014 · NWS RAH · 14 events in 14 counties and zones
Rain quickly changed over to snow before ending across central north Carolina as an arctic cold moved through the area. 5 inches across the Northern Piedmont and Northern Coastal Plain counties.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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.
Rain quickly changed over to snow before ending across central north Carolina as an arctic cold moved through the area. Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting to as much as 2.5 inches across the Northern Piedmont and Northern Coastal Plain counties.
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 4:22 PM EST, 23 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Alamance
- When
- March 3, 4:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall ranged from 1 inch across southern portions of county to as much as 2.0 inches across the north.
Winter Weather, Guilford
- When
- March 3, 4:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall ranged from 1 inch across southern portions of county to as much as 2.0 inches across the north.
Winter Weather, Forsyth
- When
- March 3, 4:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.131, -80.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall amounts averaged between 1 to 1.5 inches across the county. A glaze of ice from freezing rain was also reported on trees and power-lines.
Winter Weather, Person
- When
- March 3, 4:45 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Person forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.390, -78.972 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One to two inches of snow was reported across the county.
Winter Weather, Granville
- When
- March 3, 4:45 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Granville forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.304, -78.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One to two inches of snow was reported across the county.
Winter Weather, Vance
- When
- March 3, 4:45 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Vance forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.365, -78.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One to two inches of snow was reported across the county.
Winter Weather, Davidson
- When
- March 3, 6:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.793, -80.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall amounts of near one inch was reported across northern portions of the county.
Winter Weather, Orange
- When
- March 3, 6:00 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One inch of snow was reported across northern portions of the county.
Winter Weather, Warren
- When
- March 3, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.397, -78.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One to two inches of snow was reported across the county.
Winter Weather, Halifax
- When
- March 3, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.258, -77.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One to two inches of snow was reported across the county.
Winter Weather, Wake
- When
- March 3, 6:30 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wake forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Near an inch of snow and sleet mixed was reported across northern portions of the county.
Winter Weather, Franklin
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -78.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Near an inch of snow and sleet mixed was reported across northern portions of the county.
Winter Weather, Nash
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nash forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -77.986 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Near an inch of snow and sleet mixed was reported across northern portions of the county.
Winter Weather, Edgecombe
- When
- March 3, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Edgecombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Near an inch of snow and sleet mixed was reported across northern portions of the county.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
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