The Dexes / Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow / 5689820
Eventdex · Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow
RANDOLPH
5689820
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| Event typeevent_type | Ice Storm |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,689,820 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 1,077,381 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 1999-01-02T21:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 1999-01-03T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | NORTH CAROLINA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | RANDOLPH |
| 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 | Freezing rain overspread western portions of central North Carolina during the afternoon of 01/02/99. The freezing rain began as sleet over the Winston-Salem and Greensboro areas but changed to freezing rain by evening. The sleet did accumulate up to 2 inches in western and northern Forsyth county before the change to glaze occurred. Elsewhere, glaze accumulated to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. The eastern extent of the freezing rain extended from near Badin Lake to Burlington to Roxboro. East of this line...some light freezing rain fell before quickly changing to rain as warmer air spread northwest from the Atlantic Ocean. There was quite a temperature gradient with this storm. As warm Atlantic air was pulled into the storm,temperatures warmed from the lower 30s at Raleigh at 2 pm on the 2nd into the lower 60s overnight on the 3rd. This shrunk the freezing rain coverage over central North Carolina to the far western counties of the Piedmont-Triad. In the freezing rain area, the temperatures warmed from the lower 20s to the lower 30s during the same time. This kept the ice storm going from mid afternoon on the 2nd through the early morning hours on the 3rd. There were numerous reports of downed tree limbs and power lines which caused significant power outages in the western Piedmont. There were also hundreds of accidents reported throughout the Piedmont. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Freezing rain overspread western portions of central North Carolina during the afternoon of 01/02/99. The freezing rain began as sleet over the Winston-Salem and Greensboro areas but changed to freezing rain by evening. The sleet did accumulate up to 2 inches in western and northern Forsyth county before the change to glaze occurred. Elsewhere, glaze accumulated to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. The eastern extent of the freezing rain extended from near Badin Lake to Burlington to Roxboro. East of this line...some light freezing rain fell before quickly changing to rain as warmer air spread northwest from the A Atlantic Ocean. There was quite a temperature gradient with this storm. As warm Atlantic air was pulled into the storm,temperatures warmed from the lower 30s at Raleigh at 2 pm on the 2nd into the lower 60s overnight on the 3rd. This shrunk the freezing rain coverage over central North Carolina to the far western counties of the Piedmont-Triad. In the freezing rain area, the temperatures warmed from the lower 20s to the lower 30s during the same time. This kept the ice storm going from mid afternoon on the 2nd through the early morning hours on the 3rd. There were numerous reports of downed tree limbs and power lines which caused significant power outages in the western Piedmont. There were also hundreds of accidents reported throughout the Piedmont. |
| Yearyear | 1,999 |
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