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Winter Weather in Coastal Brunswick, North Carolina

Winter Weather January 21, 2022 – January 22, 2022 · Coastal Brunswick, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Light ice accumulations occurred due to freezing rain before sleet mixed in overnight and finishing with a brief dusting of snow. Odell Williamson Bridge along NC-904 closed in both directions in Ocean Isle Beach due to winter precipitation. Swains Cut Bridge in Oak Island was temporarily closed in the morning due to a stranded truck.

The wider storm

Low pressure off the coast led to wintry precipitation across the area. Began as freezing rain before switching to snow inland where several inches of snow fell. Freezing rain lingered near the coast leading to accumulating ice up to 0.25 before changing to sleet overnight and ending as brief snow by early morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997086. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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