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Ice Storm in Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

Ice Storm February 24, 2015 · Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Precipitation began as snow before dawn, accumulating as much as .3 in the town of Wilmington. The precipitation transitioned to freezing rain by late morning, with reports ranging from a quarter inch to as much as four tenths of an inch of ice accumulation across inland New Hanover county.

The wider storm

Low pressure moved off the coast of Florida and tracked northeastward. The progression of the low combined with high pressure centered over Virginia produced ice and some snow over the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 560949. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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