Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2016

Name: Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2016
Start: 2016-01-22T05:00
End: 2016-01-23T00:00
Location: North Carolina

January 22 to 23, 2016 · NWS GSP · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 developed across the northwest Piedmont of North Carolina around daybreak in association with an area of low pressure. The snow increased in intensity through the morning, becoming moderate to heavy at times. By late morning, snow accumulations ranged from 2-4 inches across much of the area. Moderate to occasionally heavy snow continued into the afternoon, mixing with sleet at times before changing to sleet and freezing rain during the late afternoon and evening. Total accumulations ranged from around 3 inches of sleet and snow along the I-85 corridor to 4-8 inches north of I-40. A thin glaze of ice accumulated on top of the sleet and snow, making for very hazardous driving conditions, especially during the evening.

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 22, 4:50 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:50 AM EST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE SPREAD WINTRY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
EVENTUALLY MOVE OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY WITH DRIER HIGH PRESSURE
SPREADING BACK OVER THE REGION IN ITS WAKE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 430 AM FRIDAY...ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO ACCOUNT FOR
OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS THE WINTER STORM GETS IN GEAR. HAVE
ALREADY GOTTEN REPORTS OF 2+ INCHES OF SNOW IN A VARIETY OF
LOCATIONS...WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT REPORTS AND UPDATE PRODUCTS
AS NECESSARY WITH THE UPDATE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. TEMP/DP 33/32
HERE AT GSP AND HAS BEEN SLEETING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...MIXING
WITH SNOW AT UPDATE TIME.

LOW LEVEL CAA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...BRINGING THE COLDER /AND
DRIER/ SURFACE AIR FARTHER SOUTHWEST. WILL PROBABLY HAVE A 12Z
HIGH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AS CAA FROM THE DEVELOPING DAMMING
WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TEMPS THROUGH THE DAY.

WE HAD AN EARLIER CONCERN AS THE 00Z NAM WAS COMING IN...SINCE
IT WAS TRENDING A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH AND WARMER THROUGH THE
EVENT. GENERALLY THE NAM HANDLES DAMMING EVENTS PRETTY WELL DUE
IN PART OF COURSE TO JUST ITS HIGHER RESOLUTION. HOWEVER...AS
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE HAS COME IN...AND AS WPC HAS NOTED IN THEIR
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION...THE NAM IS A NORTHERN OUTLIER WITH
THE SYSTEM ALOFT...AND THEN TRENDS SLOWER. SINCE ALL THE SREF
MEMBERS ARE NAM-BASED...THIS AUTOMATICALLY BRINGS INTO QUESTION
THE VALIDITY OF THE 03Z SREF. HAVE LEANED MUCH MORE TOWARD THE
GFS AND THE 12Z ECMWF...THOUGH WILL REEVALUATE AS NECESSARY AS
THE 00Z ECMWF TRICKLES IN.

OTHER CONCERN IS DEPTH OF THE WARM NOSE ACROSS THE AREA. 04Z SPECIAL
SOUNDING FROM UNCA HAD +2C JUST ABOVE 850MB...AND 06Z KGSO SOUNDING
WAS ALSO JUST BELOW +2C JUST ABOVE 850MB BUT VERY VERY DRY. 850MB
WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO BACK WHICH WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE WAA...AND
BY 130AM THE AVL AREA HAD CHANGED OVER TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX...SO
LATENT HEAT OF MELTING IS DEFINITELY HELPING TO ERODE THE WARM
NOSE. FARTHER NORTH...EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL TAKE CARE OF THE
ISSUE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR ICE WILL BE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN NC PIEDMONT WHERE THAT MID-LEVEL WAA WILL
BRING A SUBSTANTIAL WARM NOSE OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY TODAY. AS
MENTIONED ABOVE...CONTINUED CAA AT THE SURFACE FROM THE DAMMING WILL
RESULT IN SURFACE TEMPS DROPPING TO FREEZING BY DAYBREAK FOR ALL BUT
EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY...ALL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO
POINT TO DRYSLOTTING PUSHING INTO WESTERN ZONES AROUND 18Z...AND
MOVING TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY 00Z. WITHOUT MOISTURE IN THE
DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH ZONE...EVEN AREAS SEEING MAINLY A SNOW EVENT
COULD SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE
UPPER LOW MOVES OVER THE FORECAST AREA...STEEPENING LAPSE RATES
AND UPWARD MOTION FROM SYNOPTIC LIFT WILL SATURATE THE COLUMN
AGAIN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR THE END. IF LAPSE RATES ARE
STEEP ENOUGH...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME BRIEF CONVECTIVE SNOW THAT
WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SNOWFALL RATES.

SO IF YOU'RE STILL WITH ME BY THIS POINT...ALL THIS REALLY ADDS
UP TO IS A VERY LONG AND DETAILED WAY TO SAY VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO
THE CURRENT SUITE OF PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION. COULD SEE A BIT OF
A DELAY IN FREEZING/FROZEN PTYPE ONSET FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES BUT
END RESULT STILL THE SAME. SHOULD SEE A QUICK BURST OF SNOW/SLEET
EARLY THIS MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE
UPSTATE AND PORTIONS OF THE SW NC PIEDMONT THROUGH THE DAY. AS THE
UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE BACK OVER TO
SNOW. ALL IN ALL A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE AREA...WITH
UPWARDS OF A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND A
LARGE SWATH OVER 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE
AND SOUTHERN NC PIEDMONT. REALLY SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM
WPC SNOW/ICE AMOUNTS THOUGH THERE DEFINITELY COULD BE LOCALLY
HEAVIER/LIGHTER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON HOW CONVECTIVE BANDS
SET UP. WITH THESE SIGNIFICANT TOTALS AND WINTRY PRECIP HAVING
ALREADY BEGUN...PREPARATIONS FOR THE WINTER STORM SHOULD ALREADY
BE COMPLETE AND FROM HERE ON OUT...ANY TRAVEL SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AT 230 AM FRIDAY...ON SATURDAY MORNING THE MODELS HAVE A LARGE UPPER
LOW CENTERED VERY NEAR TO CHARLOTTE...WITH SMALL SLUGS OF CHANNELED
VORTICITY ROUNDING THE LOW OVER OUR AREA. THE LOW PROGRESSES TO THE
NC COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE WEAKENING LOW MOVES UP THE GULF
STREAM ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WHILE AND UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVES FROM THE
PLAINS TOWARD THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE UPPER RIDGE REACHES THE GREAT
LAKES AND GULF STATES ON SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN CROSSES THE EASTERN
SEABOARD ON MONDAY. ON MONDAY NIGHT A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH
WILL EXTEND FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO NORTHERN MX.

AT THE SURFACE...ON SATURDAY MORNING A SURFACE LOW WILL BE OFF THE
NC COAST...WHILE MOIST ATLANTIC FLOW MOVES INLAND TO THE NORTH OF
THE LOW...AND THEN SOUTH OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA.
MODEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LIFT...
INCLUDING OVER AREAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. VERTICAL PROFILES
CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SNOW EARLY IN THE DAY...BUT DRYING FROM
ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY END SNOWFALL EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. LOW LEVELS
REMAINS MOIST ENOUGH AND COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER OUR AREA ON
SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES MODERATING AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT. THE
SURFACE HIGH REACHES THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY MONDAY MORNING...WHILE
GULF MOISTURE STREAMS UP THE MS RIVER VALLEY AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT.
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM AROUND 17 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TO 6
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 230 AM FRIDAY...ON MONDAY MORNING AND UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER
THE EASTERN USA...WHILE A TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL
TO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE NATION. THE TROUGH SLOWLY PROGRESSES
SUCH THAT BY THURSDAY IT EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE GULF OF
MEXICO.

AT THE SURFACE..A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR AREA FROM THE WEST ON
MONDAY NIGHT...CROSSING OUR AREA ON TUESDAY. GULF INFLOW WILL
SUPPORT PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS ARE INITIALLY NOT MOIST ENOUGH AT UPPER LEVELS TO SUPPORT
ICE NUCLEATION...AND FREEZING RAIN APPEARS MORE LIKELY EARLY ON. AS
THE FRONT MOVES FARTHER EAST AND COOLER AIR ARRIVES...PRECIPITATION
MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH THE MODELS
SUGGEST A RACE BETWEEN THE END OF PRECIPITATION AND SAID CHANGEOVER.

DRY HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. ON THURSDAY LIMITED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
SHORTWAVE REACHES OUR AREA FROM THE NW...BUT THE GFS MODEL SOUNDING
IS NOT OVERLY SUPPORTIVE OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
FROM NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /10Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE KCLT TAF FOR THE 09Z
AMD. TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST ABOVE FREEZING BUT -SN OBSERVED
AT UPDATE TIME. OVERALL FOR THE PERIOD...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL
BRING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO THE TERMINAL. PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TRANSITION TO FZRA AFTER SUNRISE. EXPECT MAINLY FZRA
DURING THE DAY...TRANSITIONING BACK TO SN/PL AND THEN JUST SN
AS THE UPPER LOW SWINGS ACROSS. WHILE THESE ARE THE EXPECTED
TRENDS...IT SHOULD POINTED OUT THAT THE EXACT TIMING OF THESE PRECIP
TRANSITIONS IS VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...CIGS AND
VSBY WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH MVFR...WITH IFR TO LIFR EXPECTED BY
DAYBREAK. CIGS WILL BE IN AND OUT BETWEEN IFR/LIFR/VLIFR BETWEEN
HEAVIER BURSTS OF PRECIPITATION WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE
NE AT 10-15 KTS BY DAYBREAK...WITH GUSTS INTO THE 20S POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE DAY.

ELSEWHERE...OVERALL RESTRICTIONS AND WINDS SIMILAR TO KCLT...WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF KAVL WHERE SE WINDS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL AROUND
00Z. PRECIP HAS ALREADY ONSET FOR OTHER SITES AND ALL STILL -RA
EXCEPT KAVL...WHICH BY METAR IS -RA BUT BY SURROUNDING REPORTS
IS WIDESPREAD -PL SO HAVE STARTED THE TAF THAT WAY. AT KAVL AND
KHKY...MOSTLY A SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED...WITH PERHAPS SOME PERIODS
OF SLEET. KHKY MAY ALSO BRIEFLY TURN TO FZRA BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD BUT HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. KGSP/KGMU
-RA AT ONSET...TRANSITIONING TO -PL/SN BEFORE DAYBREAK...THEN A
TRANSITION TO MAINLY FZRA LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING DURING
THE DAY. KAND WILL REMAIN -RA A LITTLE LONGER BUT WILL ALSO SEE
A TRANSITION TO FZRA...CURRENT TIMING EARLY AFTERNOON. ALL SHOULD
TRANSITION TO -SN THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT WITH THE UPPER LOW
SWINGING THROUGH.

OUTLOOK...PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
SATURDAY. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR MAINLY LIGHT PRECIP
TO THE AREA TUESDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            10-16Z        16-22Z        22-04Z        04-06Z
KCLT       LOW   52%     HIGH  80%     MED   77%     MED   69%
KGSP       MED   77%     HIGH  83%     HIGH  80%     MED   76%
KAVL       HIGH  83%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  92%     HIGH  80%
KHKY       MED   66%     HIGH  89%     MED   75%     HIGH  80%
KGMU       MED   69%     MED   75%     MED   77%     HIGH  80%
KAND       HIGH 100%     MED   66%     HIGH  80%     HIGH  83%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY.  COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR GAZ010-017-
     018-026-028.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR GAZ029.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NCZ035>037-
     056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SCZ001>010-
     012>014.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SCZ011-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...TDP
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...TDP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 4:21 AM EST, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-230930-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY. PLEASE SEE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...BLACK ICE LIKELY.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...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.

NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-230930-
ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY. PLEASE SEE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...BLACK ICE LIKELY.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...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-NCZ036-037-056-057-068-069-SCZ001>003-230930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY. PLEASE SEE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...BLACK ICE LIKELY.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...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.

NCZ070>072-082-SCZ004>010-012>014-230930-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS-
CHESTER-
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY. PLEASE SEE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...BLACK ICE POSSIBLE.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...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.

GAZ029-SCZ011-019-230930-
ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
421 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:44 AM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
444 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 AM     SNOW             CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN        35.85N  81.54W
01/22/2016  E1.0 INCH        CALDWELL           NC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:48 AM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 AM     SNOW             LAWNDALE                35.41N  81.56W
01/22/2016  E1.0 INCH        CLEVELAND          NC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:52 AM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 AM     SNOW             2 N GREENVILLE          34.87N  82.36W
01/22/2016  E0.5 INCH        GREENVILLE         SC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:58 AM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 AM     SNOW             MOORE                   34.83N  81.99W
01/22/2016  E0.0 INCH        SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:59 AM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 AM     SLEET            CASHIERS                35.11N  83.10W
01/22/2016  E5.0 INCH        JACKSON            NC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jan 22, 5:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
500 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 AM     SNOW             TROUTMAN                35.70N  80.89W
01/22/2016  E0.5 INCH        IREDELL            NC   PUBLIC

&&

JAT

The radar

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Event by event

5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Alexander

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 12:00 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 Storm, Iredell

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 12:00 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 Storm, Davie

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 12:00 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 Storm, Catawba

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 12:00 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 Storm, Rowan

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Rowan forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, January 2016

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 613940, 613941, 613942, 613943, 613944.