Winter Storm — Northern Craven, North Carolina

2025-02-19 to 2025-02-20 · Northern Craven, North Carolina

Event narrative

Several freezing rain reports of 0.20 to 0.30 inches across the area stretching from New Bern northwards to Vanceboro. Due to the ice accretion, this led to several downed trees and over 2900 power outages per Duke Energy.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure developed along the U.S. Gulf Coast, traveled northeast up along the Southeast U.S. coastline, then off the coast of the Carolinas during the time period of February 19th to the early morning hours of February 20th. As this occurred, an area of widespread precipitation developed along the track of the low. Where temperatures were cold enough, there was a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and snow. For areas from the Crystal Coast through the southern Outer Banks, the precipitation type was mostly rain. This event produced a swath of accumulating sleet and snow from central North Carolina through southeast Virginia. South of the snow and sleet, there was a swath of accumulating ice, with a zone of 0.10 - 0.30 of ice accretion. The combination of ice and wind led to tree and power line damage across parts of ENC, with numerous power outages reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230207. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.