Heavy Snow in Western Dare, North Carolina

Heavy Snow January 20, 2009 · Western Dare, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Rain changed to snow around 9 am and continue into the late evening hours. Snow accumulated 4 to 5 inches across the county.

The wider storm

Low pressure developed over South Carolina during the early morning hours of Jan 20th 2009. The low pressure system tracked northeast and intensified offshore of the North Carolina coast during the rest of the day. Rain developed over eastern North Carolina after midnight on Jan 20th, and gradually changed to snow from west to east through the morning hours. Bands of snow dropped on average 3 to 6 inches across the northern counties with 1 to 3 inches south.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 141955. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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