Cold arctic high pressure centered over the Great Lakes, combined with moisture riding over the cold dome produced an ice storm over portions of the region.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Cold arctic high pressure centered over the Great Lakes, combined with moisture riding over the cold dome produced an ice storm over portions of the region.
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 7:57 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 403 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 NCZ105-SCZ023-024-171100- INLAND PENDER-DARLINGTON-DILLON- 403 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH BITTERLY COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ099-106>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-171100- COLUMBUS-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 403 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH BITTERLY COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-171100- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 403 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-096-SCZ017-171100- ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO- 403 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH BITTERLY COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 9
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice accumulations around the county ranged from a few hundredths of an inch over the southern portion, to a quarter inch over the northern portion. The roads remained largely passable, but there were many power outages due to multiple reports of trees down.
Ice accumulations around the county ranged from under a tenth of an inch over the southern portion, to over four tenths of an inch over the northern portion. The roads remained largely passable, but there were many power outages, and most businesses and schools were either delayed or closed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2015
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: 560944, 560943.