As a low pressure system tracked along the southeast coast, wintry precipitation spread into Central North Carolina. A winter storm warning was issued for the majority of the area, with the exception of a few counties in the extreme southeast where a winter weather advisory was needed.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
As a low pressure system tracked along the southeast coast, wintry precipitation spread into Central North Carolina. A winter storm warning was issued for the majority of the area, with the exception of a few counties in the extreme southeast where a winter weather advisory was needed. Much of the warning area received 2-4 inches of snow and sleet, with the northern third tier of counties receiving 7-9 inches. In addition, a some locations received a thin glaze of ice on top of the snow. Precipitation amounts decreased towards the south, with the southern tier of counties only received a trace of snow and sleet. The heavy, wet snow caused extensive power outages in many of the hardest hit counties, with some power outages extending beyond 24 hours.
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 25, 10:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THE STORM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 1000 PM WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING INTO THE TRIAD... ...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN FOR THE TRIANGLE... ...RAIN FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO GOLDSBORO... THE ATLANTA AND MOREHEAD CITY SOUNDINGS INDICATED THE WARM NOSE ALOFT AT 40-45 DEGREES. FORECAST SOUNDINGS HAD INDICATED THAT THIS WARM NOSE WOULD LIKELY STAY JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF RALEIGH. HOWEVER... AFTER A BRIEF 30 MINUTES OF HEAVY SNOW AT RALEIGH... THE PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN RALEIGH... WHICH MAY BE JUST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. AS OF 1000 PM... THE MAIN HEAVY SNOW AREA HAS SHIFTED TO THE NW OF A LINE EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN DAVIDSON... NORTHERN MONTGOMERY... SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH... CHATHAM... NORTHWEST WAKE... AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND POINTS NORTHWARD. THE PRECIPITATION HAD CHANGED TO RAIN ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES FROM WADESBORO TO LAURINBURG TO LILLINGTON AND GOLDSBORO... AND POINTS SOUTH. FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS... HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL PIEDMONT... JUST NORTH AND WEST OF RALEIGH. BOTTOM LINE... UPDATES WILL HAVE TO BE MADE FREQUENTLY WITH THIS EVER CHANGING WINTER STORM. THE WARM NOSE IS MORE PROMINENT WHICH MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS MAINLY FOR AREAS FROM RALEIGH SOUTH AND EAST WHICH HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT WILL HAVE THE HEAVY SNOW WHICH SHOULD EVENTUALLY SHIFT BACK OVER THE TRIANGLE AREA AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... WITH HEAVY SNOW STILL POSSIBLE THERE. WE WILL NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES AS OF THIS UPDATE... OTHER THAN TO INCLUDE MORE OF A MIXTURE FOR AREAS AROUND RALEIGH... AND CARRY MORE IN THE WAY OF RAIN AND LESS IN THE WAY OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AS OF 340 PM WEDNESDAY... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SET TO STRIKE CENTRAL NC WITH 6 INCHES OR MORE WET SNOW LIKELY TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NC INCLUDING THE RALEIGH AND GREENSBORO METRO AREAS... ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT AND THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY FOR ALL THE PIEDMONT...NORTHERN/CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS AND NOW INCLUDING WAYNE COUNTY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN... MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED SLIGHTLY MORE NORTHERLY WITH THE TRACK OF THE DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM AND IN FACT THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE SURFACE CENTER SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE FORECAST POSITION. THIS CONTINUED TREND RESULTS IN A SLIGHTLY WARMER BOUNDARY LAYER AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. NWP GUIDANCE IS IN RATHER GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN FEATURES RELEVANT TO THIS FORECAST HOWEVER...SUCH A HIGH AMPLITUDE EVENT CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE MOST SUBLE VARIABLES. SO WHILE CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE REGARDING THE OVERALL SCENARIO SEVERAL FACTORS STILL MAKE US UNEASY REGARDING OVERALL ACCUMULATION TOTALS. WITH THE LACK OF A WELL DEFINED SOURCE OF COLD AIR AND ANTECDENT TEMPERATURES TODAY WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN IN MOST LOCATIONS...EVEN NEAR THE VA BORDER. BUT GIVEN IMPRESSIVE PRECIPITATION RATES...DIABATIC COOLING FROM MELTING SHOULD COOL SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO AROUND FREEZING AND ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BEGIN ACCUMULATING. THIS SCENARIO INHERENTLY CONTAINS SOME RISK FOR A FORECAST BUST. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RATES AND SHORT DURATION OF EVENT MEAN THAT EVERY HOUR COUNTS AND THAT A SLIGHT DELAY IN THE COLD AIR OR A MIXTURE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STORM TOTALS. WITH A FEW OF THE MAJOR CAVEATS NOTED...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT WET SNOW OF 6 INCHES OR MORE LIKELY TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NC INCLUDING THE RALEIGH AND GREENSBORO METRO AREAS. THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO FALL IN THE REGION FROM RALEIGH NORTHEAST TO THE ROANOKE RAPIDS AREAS WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. VERY IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ALLOW SNOW TOTOALS TO EXPLODE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FORECAST IS ALSO DIFFICULT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...SOUTHERN SANDHILLS AND EVEN NEAR THE SC BORDER WHERE A WARM NOSE IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CHANGE THE SNOW TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AN FREEZING RAIN AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTH OF CLINTON...FAYETTEVILLE AND RAEFORD...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WONT FALL BELOW FREEZING AND ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL FALL IN A SHORT WINDOW DURING THE LATE EVENING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH JUST A SLOPPY WET SNOW OR RAIN EXPECTED AFTER 200 AM OR. DRY SLOTTING WILL END THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA AFTER 3 TO 5 AM WITH THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION CLOSER TO THE VA BORDER ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 7AM. ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL END BY OR JUST AFTER DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES AT THAT POINT WILL HAVE REACHED THEIR COLDEST AND HAVE FALLEN TO THE 28 TO 32 RANGE. SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE DRIVEN BY PERSISTENT SHALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR MIST BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB TO THE 33 TO 36 RANGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 320 PM WEDNESDAY... A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST BY BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING...WITH ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON FRIDAY. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVERALL... HIGHLIGHTED BY MODEST VALUES OF MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 1000- 500MB LAYER AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS IN. 850MB THETA-E IS GENERALLY LOW DURING THE PERIOD WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE FEBRUARY...HOWEVER...VIEWING THE NAM AND GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS...AGAIN...LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS WITH SOME MOISTURE SATURATION AT TIMES TO AT OR JUST COLDER THAN - 10C. THE GFS IN PARTICULAR PROVIDES FOR MARGINAL MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IN THE FAR NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT THURSDAY... AND THEN MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 1 FRIDAY SHIFTING BACK WEST AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. IT IS DURING THESE PERIODS THAT BUFR SOUNDINGS FORECAST MOISTURE TO A LEVEL IN ATMOSPHERE COLDER THAN -10C. LIFT IS MARGINAL DURING THIS SHORT-TERM PERIOD...LIKELY BEST ON FRIDAY WHEN BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPENING AND THE COMBINATION OF 850MB CONVERGENCE AND UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS BEST MAINLY OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT THURSDAY AND ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 1 FRIDAY. GIVEN THE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND MODEST SUPPORT ALOFT WITH THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES...IN ADDITION TO THE GFS VERY LIGHT QPF AND SOME NOTICE OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION OUTPUT ON THE NCEP HIGH RES NMMB...HAVE OPTED TO INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES MAINLY IN THE FAR NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THERE FRIDAY WHERE BUFR SOUNDINGS ESPECIALLY ON THE GFS SHOW THE LAPSE RATES STEEPENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES ELSEWHERE FRIDAY TO NEAR U.S. 1 OR SO...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT KRWI TO KAFP. BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW ENOUGH DRYING THAT ANY FLURRIES THAT EXIST SHOULD ONLY BE LOCATED OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. TOWARD KFAY...BUFR SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS AND NAM DO NOT SHOW DEEPER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE GETTING TO OR COLDER THAN -10C...SO HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANY FLURRIES THERE THIS PERIOD. CURRENTLY THINK THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE OR NO IMPACT AS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT IF IT OCCURS...THOUGH STILL NOTICEABLE. SATURDAY DURING THE DAY...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN. AFTER LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE 20S...HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD RANGE WITHIN A DEGREE OR THREE EITHER SIDE OF 40...CLOSE TO WHAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1000-850MB THICKNESSES. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S...A BLEND OF GUIDANCE BASED ON CONTINUED CLOUD COVER. ON SATURDAY...A LITTLE COLDER THAN FRIDAY DUE TO COLDER THICKNESSES TO START THE DAY AND THE HIGH BUILDING IN...MOSTLY MID 30S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 1200 PM WEDNESDAY... THE LONG-TERM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS CATEGORIZED BY SOME UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIPITATION TIMING AND TYPE...WITH AT LEAST MODEST CONFIDENCE IN MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES DEVELOPING BY THE END OF THIS PERIOD THAN WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING RECENTLY. DRYING IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. AS HEIGHTS ALOFT RISE LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE 06Z GFS IN PARTICULAR AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE 12Z GFS SEEMS TO HAVE ISSUES WITH FEEDBACK SUCH THAT THE ECMWF IS PREFERRED OVERALL. IT SHOULD BE COLD TO START SUNDAY MORNING AS CLOUDS INCREASE...BUT THE GFS AND ECMWF TREND OF A LATER ARRIVAL OF MID-LEVEL VORTICITY AND OVERALL MOISTURE INCREASE SHOULD RESULT IN PRECIPITATION BEING IN THE FORM OF LIQUID BY THE TIME ANY WOULD ARRIVE LATER IN THE DAY. PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS CURRENTLY SUPPORT THIS...AND WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON RAIN SUNDAY PRIMARILY TOWARD THE YADKIN RIVER FOLLOWED BY CHANCES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING WARMING ALOFT AS 1000- 850MB THICKNESSES RISE AROUND 20M DURING THE NIGHT...SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY STEADY OR A SLOW RISE IN READINGS LATE. A BRIEF WARMUP OCCURS MONDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATER IN THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND THE PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST PRETTY CHILLY TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN WITH THE 1000- 850MB THICKNESSES SUGGESTING LOWS A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING. MOS GUIDANCE LOWS ARE AT LEAST ONE IF NOT MORE CATEGORIES ABOVE THIS... SO FOR NOW WILL SIMPLY UNDERCUT GUIDANCE WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. CONDITIONS SHOULD DRY BRIEFLY BEHIND THE FRONT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...THEN UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AS THE GFS AND THE ECMWF SUGGEST MOISTURE RETURNING TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AS THE GULF OPENS BY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. IF PRECIPITATION WOULD RETURN TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA QUICKLY ENOUGH ON TUESDAY...PRECIPITATION TYPE CONCERNS WOULD EXIST DUE TO CHILLY THICKNESSES TO START THE DAY. BY 00Z WEDNESDAY ON THE 12Z GFS...AND FOR THE MOST PART ON THE 00Z ECMWF...THICKNESSES ARE WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN AND BASED ON THE WARM-AIR ADVECTION AT THE TIME WOULD ANTICIPATE ANOTHER POTENTIAL NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SCENARIO AS ANY COLD-AIR DAMMING ERODES. BASED ON THE PATTERN WILL ONLY NOTE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW EARLY ON THE SIXTH DAY IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT WITH A CHANCE OF JUST ALL RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES ON THE 12Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF ARE QUITE WARM WEDNESDAY...APPROACHING 1380M ON THE LATEST GFS AND ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER ON THE 00Z ECMWF...SUCH THAT... WITH SHOWERY CONDITIONS IN A MOIST AIR MASS AND A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE 60S THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH SOME TEMPERATURES PUSHING 70F ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. && .AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1255 PM WEDNESDAY... FOR THE 18Z VALID TAF PERIOD...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON DETERIORATING QUICKLY TO IFR AND SUB-IFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS PRECIPITATION MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST INTO AND ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA BY 03Z. MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM AND GFS SUGGEST WHATEVER LIQUID PRECIPITATION THERE MAY BE TO START CHANGING QUICKLY TO SNOW...WITH ENOUGH WARMING ALOFT THAT A PRECIPITATION TYPE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS QUITE POSSIBLE AT KRDU AND KRWI. AT KFAY...THE ABOVE FREEZING DEPTH IS A LITTLE HIGHER AND LIGHT RAIN MAY LINGER A LITTLE LONGER AT THE START BEFORE A TRANSITION TO SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH THE NAM MODEL MOST SUGGESTIVE OF WARMTH ALOFT FOR FREEZING RAIN AND MAINLY FOR A COUPLE OR THREE HOURS CENTERED AROUND 06Z. DRYING ALOFT VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING SUGGEST PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE...WITH IFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING IN LOW CLOUDS. VARIABLE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON BECOME NORTH-NORTHEAST AND NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE GETS CLOSER AND MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. BEYOND THE 18Z VALID TAF PERIOD...CONFIDENCE DIMINISHES IN IMPROVEMENT FROM IFR CONDITIONS...WITH AVIATION INTERESTS BEING PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ALBEIT WITH A FEW PERIODS OF VFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY THURSDAY NIGHT. SUB-VFR CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN LOW CLOUDS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF VFR CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH CLOUDS INCREASING AND LOWERING FOR SUNDAY...THEN SUB-VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ALONG WITH CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ007>011- 021>028-038>043-073>078-083-084. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ085-086- 088-089. && SYNOPSIS...BADGETT NEAR TERM...BADGETT/BLAES SHORT TERM...DJF LONG TERM...DJF AVIATION...DJF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1212 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083-084-261715- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- 1212 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH 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 STORM WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE THIS MORNING. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT. .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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ078-085-086-088-089-261715- WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1212 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE THIS MORNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT. .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 WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 826 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-260300- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 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...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...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 826 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS... AS OF 815 PM EST...REGIONAL RADAR DATA INDICATED PRECIPITATION RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN OR A WINTRY MIX IN SOME AREAS...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64...IT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW. LOCATIONS ALREADY REPORTING LIGHT SNOW AS OF 815 PM EST INCLUDE ALBEMARLE...WADESBORO...ASHEBORO...ROCKINGHAM... FAYETTEVILLE...LAURINBURG...AND RALEIGH. TEMPERATURES REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AS OF 815 PM. AREA ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. VINCENT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
853 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM SNOW ASHEBORO 35.72N 79.81W
02/25/2015 M0.5 INCH RANDOLPH NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1500352
GIHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
933 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0922 PM SNOW PIKEVILLE 35.50N 77.98W
02/25/2015 M0.1 INCH WAYNE NC OTHER FEDERAL
A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN PIKEVILLE..
WITH PRECIP TURNING TO RAIN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1500353
BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
938 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM SNOW 1 NE EMIT 35.74N 78.26W
02/25/2015 M0.2 INCH JOHNSTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET WAS
REPORTED IN NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF NC HIGHWAYS 39 AND 231.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1500354
BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
943 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM SNOW 4 SW RALEIGH 35.77N 78.68W
02/25/2015 M0.1 INCH WAKE NC NWS OFFICE
0.1 OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AS OF 930 PM EST...SNOW
RECENTLY BEGAN MIXING WITH SLEET WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATION
IN PARKING LOT.
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1500355
VINCENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
954 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0953 PM SNOW 2 NNE HAW RIVER 36.12N 79.35W
02/25/2015 M0.1 INCH ALAMANCE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER RAH1500356
KRRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
23 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 7 to 9 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 3 to 6 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused widespread power outages from falling trees and power lines. At the peak of the storm, over 8,000 customers were without power in the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 6 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 6 to 8 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused widespread power outages from falling trees and power lines. At the peak of the storm, over 40,000 customers were without power in the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 3 to 5 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 4 to 5 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 7 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 6 to 8 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 8 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 7 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused numerous power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 3 to 4 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 3 to 5 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused widespread power outages from falling trees and power lines. At the peak of the storm, over 7,000 customers were without power in the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 8 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused widespread power outages from falling trees and power lines. At the peak of the storm, over 7,000 customers were without power in the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 7 to 9 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 5 to 8 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 2 to 3 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 7 to 9 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 2 to 6 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused widespread power outages from falling trees and power lines. At the peak of the storm, over 92,000 customers were without power in the county.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 7 to 9 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused extensive power outages from falling trees and power lines.
Snowfall/sleet amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell across the county. The heavy wet snow caused numerous power outages from falling trees and power lines.
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: 562961, 562962, 562963, 562964, 562965, 562966, 562967, 562968, 562970, 562971, 562972, 562973, 562974, 562976, 562977, 562978, 562979, 562981, 562982, 562983, 562984, 562985, 562986.