Winter Weather — Northampton, North Carolina

2021-02-13 to 2021-02-14 · Northampton, North Carolina

Event narrative

Light freezing rain or freezing drizzle resulted in ice accretion between a trace and 0.20 inch across the county. Several trees and power lines were downed, with scattered power outages reported due to the ice accretion.

Wider weather episode

The combination of Arctic high pressure ridging into the Mid Atlantic region, and weak low pressure areas tracking across the Carolinas and off the Mid Atlantic coast, resulted in minor ice accretion between a trace and 0.20 inch due to light freezing rain or freezing drizzle across portions of interior northeast North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 942597. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.