North Carolina, 2015

Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 23 to 24, 2015

February 23 to 24, 2015 · NWS GSP · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

Light snow associated with a wave of low pressure overspread the foothills and Piedmont of the Carolinas by late evening of the 23rd, and continued through the overnight before tapering off during the morning of the 24th. Accumulations ranged from a dusting to 2 inches, with the highest amounts generally occurring closer to the mountains.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
12

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 associated with a wave of low pressure overspread the foothills and Piedmont of the Carolinas by late evening of the 23rd, and continued through the overnight before tapering off during the morning of the 24th. Accumulations ranged from a dusting to 2 inches, with the highest amounts generally occurring closer to the mountains. Temperatures right around freezing and warm roads resulted in minimal travel issues.

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 23, 9:09 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 9:09 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 9:21 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
921 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-250230-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
921 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...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.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCUMULATION OF ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY
OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKIES AND BALSAM MOUNTAINS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...ON TUESDAY
MORNING.
..WEDNESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE.. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
ORGANIZE OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE
LOW MOVES ALONG THE GULF COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD
NORTHWARD...REACHING THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
..THURSDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...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.

NCZ053-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-250230-
BUNCOMBE-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
921 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...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.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCUMULATION OF ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY
OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKIES AND BALSAM MOUNTAINS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...ON TUESDAY
MORNING.
..WEDNESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE
OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES
ALONG THE GULF COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD
NORTHWARD...REACHING THE MOUNTAINS BY THE END OF THE DAY.
..THURSDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...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.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ510-SCZ001>007-010>012-019-250230-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
921 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...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.

..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE
OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES
ALONG THE GULF COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD...
REACHING THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS IN
THE EVENING.
..THURSDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING HOURS.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-SCZ008-009-013-014-
250230-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
921 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
..WEDNESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE
OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES
ALONG THE GULF COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD...
REACHING THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS IN
THE EVENING.
..THURSDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING HOURS.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...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.

07

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

12 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Alexander

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Alexander forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Iredell

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Iredell forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Davie

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Davie forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Catawba

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Catawba forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Rowan

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Rowan forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cleveland

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Cleveland forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lincoln

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Gaston

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Gaston forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Mecklenburg

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Mecklenburg forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cabarrus

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Cabarrus forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Greater Rutherford

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Greater Rutherford forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.402, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Polk

When
February 23, 11:00 PM EST to February 24, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Polk forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.279, -82.170 (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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2015

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: 561757, 561758, 561760, 561761, 561762, 561763, 561765, 561766, 561767, 561768, 561770, 561771.