North Carolina, 2015

Cold in North Carolina, January 10, 2015

January 10, 2015 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Another arctic cold front moved through the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon and evening of the 9th, bringing another round of gusty winds and reinforcing the cold wave that began late on the 7th. Temperatures in the teens and single digits combined with sustained winds of 10 to 25 mph to result in wind chill values of 0 to -10 across the northern mountains during the overnight and…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Another arctic cold front moved through the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon and evening of the 9th, bringing another round of gusty winds and reinforcing the cold wave that began late on the 7th. Temperatures in the teens and single digits combined with sustained winds of 10 to 25 mph to result in wind chill values of 0 to -10 across the northern mountains during the overnight and early morning of the 10th. Temperatures near 0 combined with stronger winds likely yielded wind chills of -20 or colder across the high peaks and ridge tops.

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 Jan 9, 6:48 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:48 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Avery

When
January 10, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Avery forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey

When
January 10, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Yancey forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell

When
January 10, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Mitchell forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill
Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 557031, 557032, 557033.