Winter Storm Event

Snow, Freezing Rain, Ice Storm Started: January 22, 2000 at 6 pm EST Ended: January 23, 2000 at 5 pm EST
A cold dome of arctic high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic States provided very cold and dry air to North Carolina. Meanwhile, weak low pressure moved east along a frontal boundary stalled across the Gulf Coast States to the Georgia coast. Abundant moisture flowed north into the sub-freezing air over western North Carolina, resulting in light snow as early as the afternoon on the 22nd. Snow became heavy by mid-afternoon across the mountains and by evening across the foothills and piedmont. A general 4 to 7 inch snowfall occurred in the mountains with as much as 10 inches reported in Jackson County. Generally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the foothills and piedmont, with a local maximum of 7 inches in western Lincoln County. Rowan County failed to meet heavy snow criteria with accumulations of up to 3 inches. Freezing rain and sleet mixed with the snow for a short time before the precipitation ended, and for the most part, caused little additional problems. The one exception was across southern Union county where freezing rain lasted all night and through much of the morning on the 23rd. Ice accumulations reached damaging levels there around 3 am, causing a large number of trees and power lines to fall throughout the morning. This in turn, resulted in widespread power outages. The storm produced 2 to 5 inches of snow across the western Piedmont where Stanly and Anson counties reported 4 to 5 inches and the Triad around 2 inches. Amounts less than an inch covered the ground in the Triangle and Rocky Mount areas while the southern tier counties got 1 to 3 inches. After a lull in the late night precipitation, sleet and freezing rain developed early on the 23rd. The accumulation of ice was less than a quarter inch in the southern counties where precipitation was mostly rain. In the central counties including Nash, Wake, Chatham, and Randolph, the ice accumulated to around a quarter inch, causing scattered power outages and downed tree limbs. Precipitation in the northern counties remained mostly snow throughout the event.
Injuries	not available	Deaths	not available
Property Damage	not available	Crop Damage	not available
Atmospheric Maps	Large-scale maps of 500 mb Heights, Jet Stream Winds, and Sea Level Pressure from this event
Weather Station Data Snow   Sleet   Freezing Rain   Rain   Mix
X Hourly Data Daily Data Total Snowfall Total Precipitation Primary Precip. Type Minimum Temperature Maximum Wind Speed