A surface low intensified off the Carolina coast, resulting in snow occurring over much of Central North Carolina. Bands of heavy snow developed, resulting in snowfall totals of 3 to 6 inches in some locations.
Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 surface low intensified off the Carolina coast, resulting in snow occurring over much of Central North Carolina. Bands of heavy snow developed, resulting in snowfall totals of 3 to 6 inches in some locations.
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 3, 3:33 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 winter storm, 11 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Average snowfall totals across the county ranged from 4 to 6 inches. Broadcast media reported two men were killed when their pick-up truck slid off a bridge and into a creek on Dowd Road near Mount Carmel Road.
Up to 3 inches of snow fell over eastern and southern portions of the county.
Total snowfall averaged 4 to 6 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 3 to 6 inches across the county.
Up to 4 inches of snow fell across the county, with the highest amounts in northwestern portions of the county.
Up to 3.5 inches of snow fell across the county, with highest amounts in the western portions of the county.
Total snowfall averaged 4 to 6 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 2 to 4 inches across the county, with highest amounts across the southern half of the county.
Up to 1.5 inches of snow fell across the southern half of the county.
Total snowfall across the county averaged 1.5 inches.
Total snowfall averaged 1 to 2 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 1 to 2 inches across the county.
Up to an inch of snow fell across the county.
Up to 1 inch of snow fell across the county, with highest amounts across the northern half of the county.
Total snowfall averaged 1 to 2 inches across the county. Several days after the storm, a young woman was killed after her car left the road and crashed down an embankment before landing in a Wake County creek. The vehicle was submerged in the creek, which is located on Robertson Pond Road. Nearby residents said the cold weather and recent snowfall made driving on the road treacherous.
Up to 2.3 inches of snow fell across the county, with an average snowfall total of 1 to 2 inches.
Up to 1.5 inches of snow fell across the county. The average snowfall total was half an inch to an inch.
Total snowfall averaged 1 to 1.5 inches across the county.
Up to 2 inches of snow fell across the county.
Up to 5 inches of snow fell across the county, with an average snowfall total of 2 to 3 inches.
Total snowfall averaged 2 to 4 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 4 to 6 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 2 to 4 inches across the county.
Total snowfall averaged 3 to 4 inches across the county.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm, Moore | 2018-01-03 | 57 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Storm, Moore | 2018-01-03 | 73 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Weather, Wake | 2018-01-08 | 23 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2018
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: 737092, 737093, 737094, 737095, 737096, 737097, 737098, 737099, 737100, 737101, 737102, 737103, 737104, 737105, 737106, 737107, 737108, 737109, 737110, 737112, 737114, 737116, 737117, 737118.