The Dexes / Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow / 5673430
Eventdex · Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow
DAVIDSON
5673430
The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Ice Storm |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,673,430 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 2,151,616 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 1998-12-23T19:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 1998-12-25T13:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | NORTH CAROLINA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | DAVIDSON |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | An ice storm began during the afternoon of 12/23/98 and continued through the early morning hours on 12/25/98. Most of the precipitation fell in the form of freezing rain across central North Carolina causing power outages to approximately 500,000 people sometime during the period. Nearly 90,000 people were without power in Wake County alone at 2 pm on Christmas Eve. The most severe ice accumulations were found in a southwest to northeast band across central North Carolina. This band extended from near Albemarle in Stanly county, northeast through the Asheboro area in Randolph county, and continued northeast to Raleigh/Durham and Halifax. Accumulations from 1/2 to 1 inch of ice occurred in these areas. To the northwest, over the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point areas, the precipitation began as sleet and then turned to freezing rain. Accumulations of sleet ranged nearly an inch in some areas before changing to glaze. With temperatures in the mid 20s, this made travel conditions nearly impossible on the night of the 23rd. From Fayetteville to Goldsboro including most of the eastern Sandhills and Coastal Plain region of the state, rain was mixed with freezing rain. Some locations saw 1/4 inch accumulations of glaze on trees and power lines which caused numerous power outages. Travel conditions were not as severe as in the Piedmont region due to the mix with rain and temperatures ranging between 31 and 35 degrees.Early on Christmas morning, the freezing rain changed to a period of light snow over the eastern Piedmont. The snow accumulated 1 to 2 inches in spotty locations centered from Pinehurst in Moore county to Fuquay-Varina in Wake county. |
| Yearyear | 1,998 |
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