North Carolina, 2025Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 19 to 20, 2025
February 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A baroclinic cyclone originating near the Gulf and moving by south and east of Tennessee and western North Carolina, combined with a strong upper level jet, provided for two rounds of snow across southwestern North Carolina.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A baroclinic cyclone originating near the Gulf and moving by south and east of Tennessee and western North Carolina, combined with a strong upper level jet, provided for two rounds of snow across southwestern North Carolina.
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 19, 3:35 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:35 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 19, 2:48 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Cherokee
- When
- February 19, 5:30 AM EST to February 20, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
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- Coordinates
- 35.134, -84.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Light snow fell in two distinct rounds in Cherokee County, but eventually snow of 1 inch was measured in Murphy, 1 inch in Andrews, and 2.2 inches in Unaka.
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- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 19 to 20, 2025$35,000 · 35 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 19 to 20, 202537 events
- Cold and Frost and Freeze in Texas, February 19 to 22, 202516 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 19 to 20, 202515 events
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 19 to 20, 202514 events
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 19, 202513 events
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Missouri, February 19 to 20, 202511 events
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 19 to 20, 2025$10,000 · 10 events
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: 1238447.