A low pressure system tracking north along the Carolina coast and interacting with an |arctic airmass moving into the area from the central CONUS produced wintry precipitation |across central North Carolina during the late evening hours on the 6th and continuing|until the early afternoon hours on the 7th. 15 inches of ice across the Sandhills and Coastal Plain.
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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 RAH wrote it up.
A low pressure system tracking north along the Carolina coast and interacting with an |arctic airmass moving into the area from the central CONUS produced wintry precipitation |across central North Carolina during the late evening hours on the 6th and continuing|until the early afternoon hours on the 7th. A swath of heavy to moderate snow of 6 to 11 inches fell across the western and central Piedmont of North Carolina, with a mixture of 1 to 2 inches of snow and 0.15 inches of ice across the Sandhills and Coastal Plain.
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 Jan 5, 10:42 PM EST, 23 hours 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 232 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083-084-071945- 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- 232 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. NCZ085-086-088-089-071945- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 232 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
17 winter storm, 14 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts of 7 to 10 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall amounts of 8 to 11 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall amounts of 6 to 11 inches fell across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 2 inches across southern portions of the county to 5 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 3 inches across southern portions of the county to 8 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 5 inches across southern portions of the county to 10 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 2 inches across southern portions of the county to 8 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 2 inches across southern portions of the county to 8 inches across the north. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain, mainly across southern portions of the county.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 5 inches across southern portions of the county to 10 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to 3 inches across the north. There was also 0.15 of an inch of ice from freezing rain across the county.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 6 inches across southern portions of the county to 12 inches across the north.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 2 inches across southeastern portions of the county to 12 inches across the northwest.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 2 inches across southern portions of the county to 4 inches across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to 5 inches across the north. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain across the county.
Snow amounts ranged from 1 inch across southern portions of the county to 3 inches across the north.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 2 inches across southern portions of the county to 5 inches across the north. There was also 0.15 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snow and sleet amounts ranged from 2 to 3 inches across the county. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged between a 0.50 to 1 inch. There was also a 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged around 2.0 inches across the county. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged around 1.0 inch across the county. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to 1 inch across the north. There was also 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged averaged around 1 inch across the county.
Snowfall amounts averaged averaged around 1 inch across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to near 1 inch across the north.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to near 1 inch across the north.
Snowfall amounts averaged less than a 0.50 of an inch. There was also trace ice from |light freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged less than a 0.50 of an inch. There was also trace ice from |light freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged less than a 0.50 of an inch. There was also a 0.10 of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts averaged around 0.50 of an inch across northern portions of the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a dusting across southern portions of the county to 2.0 inches across the north. There was also a trace of ice from freezing rain.
Snowfall amounts ranged from a 0.50 of an inch across southern portions of the county to 1.0 inch across the north. There was also a tenth of an inch of ice from freezing rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2017
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: 676686, 676692, 676694, 676699, 676700, 676702, 676709, 676703, 676710, 676711, 676712, 676713, 676714, 676717, 676718, 676715, 676716, 677138, 677127, 677129, 677130, 677131, 677132, 677133, 677134, 677135, 677136, 677137, 677139, 677141, 677142.