As a strong area of upper level low pressure approached the region from the southwest, gravity waves produced a small area of damaging winds across southern Iredell and western Rowan Counties for a brief period. A warehouse building collapsed in Mooresville and multiple trees were snapped or uprooted in the area as well.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 GSP wrote it up.
As a strong area of upper level low pressure approached the region from the southwest, gravity waves produced a small area of damaging winds across southern Iredell and western Rowan Counties for a brief period. A warehouse building collapsed in Mooresville and multiple trees were snapped or uprooted in the area as well.
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 3, 5:07 AM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 NCZ051-058-059-062-040515- Swain-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY BELOW 3500 FEET... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...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. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Winter Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to report snow and ice accumulations to our office. NCZ033-048>050-052-053-040515- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-Buncombe- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...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...Monday through Saturday. 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 requested to report snow and ice accumulations to our office. GAZ010-NCZ063>065-501>507-509-040515- Rabun-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains- Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains- Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia and western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...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...Monday through Saturday. 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... None. NCZ035>037-056-057-040515- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. In addition to the expected development of very gusty winds, moderate to occasionally heavy rain and perhaps an isolated thunderstorm or two will develop over the northwest Piedmont tonight. Locally excessive rainfall could result in flash flooding of smaller streams and urban areas, mainly between midnight and daybreak. Occasional cloud-to-ground lightning will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Very gusty winds will continue through at least Monday morning, while lingering precipitation is expected to mix with, and may change over to light snow before ending across the northwest Piedmont Monday morning. Some areas north of I-40 may see a dusting on grassy surfaces. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. SCZ001>003-040515- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. In addition to the expected development of damaging wind gusts, isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight across the South Carolina mountains. Cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall and will be the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-040515- Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston- Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg- Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- 1212 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. In addition to the expected development of very gusty winds, widespread moderate to heavy rain with embedded isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight across upstate South Carolina and the southern Piedmont of North Carolina. A few of these storms could become severe, especially south and east of I-85. The main severe storm threat will be from locally damaging wind gusts, but an isolated, brief tornado or two is also possible. Finally, locally heavy-to-excessive rainfall could result in brief flash flooding of smaller streams and urban areas, especially east of I-77. Cloud-to- ground lightning can occur with any thunderstorm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A warehouse building collapsed on Broad St in Mooresville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1000804, 1000805.