North Carolina, 2025

Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 19 to 20, 2025

February 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS GSP · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A couple of upper level disturbances combined with northwest upslope flow to produce occasional snow showers across the North Carolina mountains throughout the 19th and the 20th. Total accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts occurred in the high elevations along the Tennessee border.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
6

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.

A couple of upper level disturbances combined with northwest upslope flow to produce occasional snow showers across the North Carolina mountains throughout the 19th and the 20th. Total accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts occurred in the high elevations along the Tennessee border. Up to 2 inches fell in the valleys.

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 Feb 19, 6:39 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:39 AM EST, 21 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Avery

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Avery forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Madison

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Mitchell

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Mitchell forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Yancey

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Yancey forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Swain

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Swain forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Haywood

When
February 19, 7:00 AM EST to February 20, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Haywood forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather
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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2025

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: 1238504, 1238505, 1238506, 1238507, 1238508, 1238509.