Winter Storm in Johnston, North Carolina

Winter Storm January 24, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Johnston, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Up to one half inch of sleet fell, along with a quarter inch of ice accumulation.

The wider storm

A powerful winter storm developed on 24 January and did not fully let up until early on 26 January. After a strong Arctic cold front arrived the prior day, an area of low pressure tracked across the southeastern United States, bringing a plume of moisture into the Carolinas. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow developed, with the greatest snow and sleet accumulations over the Piedmont and the highest ice accumulations over the Sandhills and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1310633. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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