Ice Storm in Guilford, North Carolina

Ice Storm March 6, 2014 – March 7, 2014 · Guilford, North Carolina

$8.1M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

One quarter to one half of an inch of ice from freezing rain resulted in widespread downed trees and power-lines. Additionally, snowfall of 4 to 7 inches fell across northern portions of the county.

The wider storm

A strong surface low deepening off the Carolina coast brought a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the northern-northwestern Piedmont counties. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 7 inches fell Forsyth, Person and Guilford counties. Just to the south and east of this area, a corridor of mainly sleet mixed with freezing rain produced significant icing of a quarter to half inch. This icing produced widespread downed trees and power outages over the northwest Piedmont. At the peak of the storm, over a 400,000 customers were without power. A natural disaster was declared in 7

counties across the Raleigh CWA that were impacted by this storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 509033. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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