Winter Storm Event

Snow Started: January 16, 2003 at 6 pm EST Ended: January 17, 2003 at 3 am EST
Light snow began across the northern foothills during the early evening of the 16th, and gradually intensified with time. By midnight, 4 to 5 inches had accumulated. Near Marion, 2 people drowned when their vehicle slid off of a snow covered road into a creek. A trace to 3 inches of snow fell across central North Carolina during the evening of 16 January 2003. The snow/rain line was oriented from southwest to northeast, generally across the dividing line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. A narrow transition zone of mixed freezing rain separated areas with accumulating snow from areas with just rain. No significant glazing from the mixed freezing rain was reported.
NWS Summary	Case Study from the NWS Raleigh
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
Event Analysis from the National Weather Service in Raleigh
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