Cold in North Carolina, January 7 to 8, 2017

Name: Cold in North Carolina, January 7 to 8, 2017
Start: 2017-01-07T22:00
End: 2017-01-08T10:00
Location: North Carolina

January 7 to 8, 2017 · NWS GSP · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

Gusty northwest winds ushering in an arctic air mass to the southern Appalachians combined with a snowpacked ground to produce frigid temperatures and low wind chill values across the North Carolina mountains on the night of the 7th through the morning of the 8th. By daybreak on the 8th, air temperatures were in the single digits and lower teens across the mountains valleys, while the high peaks and ridge tops saw temperatures below 0. Valley wind chill values ranged from around 0 to -10 across the southern and central mountains, and from -5 to -15 from the French Broad Valley north. The high peaks and ridge tops likely saw wind chill values of -30 or lower at times. Although temperatures warmed slightly and winds abated during the day, conditions remained unseasonably cold across the mountains for a couple of days. Even some valley locations did not warm above freezing until the afternoon of the 10th.

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 7, 6:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 6:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 3:49 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:11 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 4:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 6:16 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

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

Cold/Wind Chill, Avery

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Avery forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Buncombe

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Buncombe forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Graham

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Graham forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Haywood

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Haywood forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Macon

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Madison

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Mitchell forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Jackson

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Jackson

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Swain

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Swain forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Transylvania

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Transylvania forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Yancey forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell Mountains

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: McDowell Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.681, -82.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell Mountains

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Caldwell Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.953, -81.546 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Burke Mountains

When: January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Burke Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.750, -81.705 (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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2017 Every state in 2017 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, January 2017

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: 677021, 677022, 677023, 677024, 677025, 677026, 677027, 677028, 677029, 677030, 677031, 677032, 677033, 677034, 677035, 677036.