Winter Storm — Vance, North Carolina

2022-01-16 · Vance, North Carolina

Event narrative

Up to one inch of snow, a 1/2 inch of sleet was reported across the county, along with up to one tenth of an inch of freezing rain.

Wider weather episode

A storm system moved from the central Plains into the Southeast, bringing widespread wintry precipitation to the central Piedmont of central North Carolina. A mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain was observed across the region, with 3-5 inches of snow and sleet accumulation across the Triad, and around 0.10 to 0.20 inch of ice accrual from freezing rain across the Triangle, and a light glaze of ice across the Coastal Plain. This resulted in difficult travel across the Piedmont, with numerous accidents across the northwest Piedmont, where the heavies snow fell.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1041958. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.