Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 20, 2025

Name: Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 20, 2025
Start: 2025-02-20T07:00
End: 2025-02-20T12:00
Location: North Carolina

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

A brief period of snow showers developed across the Piedmont during the morning in association with a passing upper air disturbance. Brief periods of heavy snow occurred closer to the I-40 corridor.

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 brief period of snow showers developed across the Piedmont during the morning in association with a passing upper air disturbance. Brief periods of heavy snow occurred closer to the I-40 corridor. Snowfall totals were generally one half inch to an inch across the area. However, some locations closer to I-40 saw as much as 2 inches.

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 20, 6:42 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:42 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 5:05 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 20, 6:42 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Iredell

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Iredell forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Davie

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Davie forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Catawba

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Catawba forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Rowan

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Rowan forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cleveland

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Cleveland forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lincoln

When: February 20, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 35.486, -81.224 (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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 1238510, 1238511, 1238512, 1238513, 1238514, 1238515.