Heavy Snow — Eastern Polk, North Carolina

2010-01-29 to 2010-01-30 · Eastern Polk, North Carolina

Wider weather episode

Low pressure tracked across southern Georgia during the night of the 29th, and then off the southeast cost on the 30th. As the low passed well south of the region, most of the precipitation fell as snow, though other precipitation types mixed in toward the end.

Snow became heavy during the evening, and quickly accumulated to yield heavy snowfall totals. Total accumulations ranged from 5-9 inches across much of the northern mountains, foothills and western piedmont of North Carolina, as well as in a small part of the South Carolina mountains. A 55-year-old man died of exposure after falling in the snow in Gastonia (indirect). The precipitation changed to freezing rain and sleet near the end of the event, resulting in light accumulations of ice.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 213318. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.