The passage of an upper level disturbance and plenty of cold air at and near the surface, allowed for the development of a widespread area of snow. Within this broader region of snow, heavier snow bands developed allowing for locally higher amounts.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
The passage of an upper level disturbance and plenty of cold air at and near the surface, allowed for the development of a widespread area of snow. Within this broader region of snow, heavier snow bands developed allowing for locally higher amounts. Across the mountains of northwest North Carolina, snowfall amounts ranged from three to seven inches. The high end of this range occurred in and around Boone in Watauga County. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 10:13 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
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Widespread snowfall occurred across the county during the pre-dawn hours through the early afternoon of the 8th. Amounts ranged from 3.0 inches at Todd to 7.0 inches at a location two miles north-northwest of Boone and also two miles east of Lovill. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel.
Widespread snowfall occurred across the county the pre-dawn hours through the early afternoon of the 8th. Amounts ranged from 4.1 inches at a location one mile east-southeast of Jefferson, to 6.5 inches at a location one mile west-southwest of Jefferson. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel.
Widespread snowfall occurred across the county during the pre-dawn hours through the early afternoon of the 8th. An average of five inches was reported across the county, specifically at both Barrett and a location one mile south-southwest of Glade Valley. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 2025
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: 1309368, 1309367, 1309366.