Ice Storm — Polk Mountains, North Carolina

2013-11-25 to 2013-11-26 · Polk Mountains, North Carolina

Wider weather episode

Light rain changed to freezing rain around midnight across southeast Blue Ridge areas, with freezing rain continuing off and on through the overnight. Precipitation became heavy at times just prior to sunrise and lasted through mid-morning before changing over to rain. Heavy ice accumulations were reported in the Saluda grade area of Polk County, and across eastern and southern Henderson County. Total ice accumulation of just over 1/4 inch was reported in these areas, which downed several trees and power lines.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 485759. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.