Winter Storm — Eastern Dare, North Carolina

2018-01-04 · Eastern Dare, North Carolina

Event narrative

Light rain and freezing rain during the evening of January 3rd changed to snow during the early morning of January 4th and accumulated 1 to 4 inches county wide by the mid morning hours of January 4th. The heaviest snow amounts were mainly over the northern parts of the county. The snow and ice combined with very strong winds produced widespread hazardous travel conditions with near blizzard conditions at times.

Wider weather episode

Rapidly deepening low pressure passing offshore of the coast produced widespread hazardous winter weather across eastern North Carolina from the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th. In addition to the winter weather very strong winds occurred along the coast with minor coastal flooding along the Outer Banks. There were two weather related traffic fatalities reported, one in Onslow County and another in Beaufort County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 726231. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.