Storm Reports for Winter Weather Event, January 25-26, 2004
NOUS42 KGSP 270939
PNSGSP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2004
...PRELIMINARY UNOFFICIAL REPORTS FROM COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS
AND SPOTTERS...UPDATED AT 400 AM EST
*****IN NORTH CAROLINA*****
ALEXANDER...3-3.5 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET AROUND COUNTY. ROADS SLICK.
AVERY...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND COUNTY. ROADS SNOW COVERED.
BUNCOMBE...1/4 INCH OF SNOW AND ICE IN ASHEVILLE. ROADS SLICK.
BURKE...2-3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ON GROUND. ROADS FROZEN HARD.
CABARRUS...2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SNOW COVERED.
CALDWELL...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. 1/4 INCH OF
ICE ON TOP. ROADS SNOW AND ICE COVERED.
CATAWBA...2-4" SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND.
CLEVELAND...2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
EMERGENCY PERSONEL GETTING STUCK.
DAVIE...3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IN MOST PLACES.
ROADS SLICK.
GASTON...ROADS ICY. NO POWER PROBLEMS.
GRAHAM...GROUND WET.
HAYWOOD...TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS
SLICK.
HENDERSON...3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK
AND ICY.
IREDELL...3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SNOW AND
SLEET COVERED.
JACKSON...RAIN IN SYLVA. ICE IN CASHIERS. ROADS ICY IN CASHIERS.
LINCOLN...3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
MACON...1.5 INCHES ON GROUND IN HIGHLANDS WHERE ROADS SLICK.
MADISON...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND. ROADS ICY.
MCDOWELL...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS COUNTY. ROADS SLICK.
MECKLENBURG...2 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS COVERED.
MITCHELL...2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH ICE TOPPING. ROADS
SLICK.
POLK...2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS ICY. NO TREES OR
POWERLINES DOWN.
ROWAN...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
RUTHERFORD...1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
SWAIN...GROUND WET.
TRANSYLVANIA...2 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
UNION...SLEET. 1 TO 2 INCHES SNOW AND SLEET ON GROUND. ROADS SLICK.
YANCEY...3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND AROUND COUNTY. ROADS SLICK.
*****IN SOUTH CAROLINA*****
ABBEVILLE...ROADS VERY ICY WITH COUNTLESS ACCIDENTS. 1/4" ICE
ACCUMULATION TODAY. POWER OUTAGES ISOLATED.
ANDERSON...NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TODAY BUT ROADS STILL VERY ICY.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MINOR CAR ACCIDENTS. A BUNCH OF POWER OUTAGES
REPORTED IN POWDERSVILLE AND WEST PELZER.
CHESTER...HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS OCCURRED TODAY. MORE ICE
ACCUMULATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY WITH MODERATE ACCUM. IN
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS. SECONDARY ROADS ARE SOLID ICE AND MAIN
HIGHWAYS ARE MORE OF A SLUSH.
CHEROKEE...ROADS VERY SLICK. LOTS OF WRECKS REPORTED.
GREENVILLE...ROADS ICY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES IN THE PIEDMONT AREA.
GREENWOOD...MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATION TODAY...RANGING FROM 1/2 TO 3/4
INCH. ALL FREEZING RAIN. SOUTH END OF COUNTY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT
REPORTS OF TREES ON POWER LINES AND ROADS...MORE SCATTERED IN REST
OF COUNTY. SOME STOPLIGHTS OUT. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MAJOR ROAD
PROBLEMS.
LAURENS...1/2 INCH OF ICE GLAZE TODAY. TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS WITH
ACCIDENTS DUE TO ROAD AND SIDEWALK ICE. NOT MANY POWER OUTAGES.
OCONEE...ROADS SLICK. TREES ON POWERLINES IN THE SALEM AREA. A
COUPLE OF POWERLINES DOWN NEAR FAIRPLAY.
PICKENS...ROADS ICY.
SPARTANBURG...ROADS SLICK. SEVERAL TRACTOR-TRAILERS BLOCKING TRAFFIC
OR JACK-KNIFED DUE TO INABILITY TO CLIMB STEEP ICY HILLS.
UNION...NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION FELL TODAY. ROADS ARE A REAL MESS
WITH COUNTLESS REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS. SAND TRUCK OVERTURNED AND AN
AMBULANCE STUCK ENROUTE. MANY EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE GETTING STUCK
AND NOT RETURNING. NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
POWER LOSSES. "...THE WORST ROAD CONDITIONS EVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTY."
(QUOTE FROM COUNTY 911 OFFICIAL)
YORK...NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION TODAY. ROADS VERY SLICK BUT NOT AS MANY
ACCIDENTS AS WOULD BE EXPECTED.
*****IN GEORGIA*****
ELBERT...MAJOR PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. NUMEROUS
TRACTOR-TRAILERS OVERTURNED...ALSO MANY OTHER MAJOR WRECKS. NO POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED BUT SOME TREES AND LIMBS ON ROADS.
FRANKLIN...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY. CAR ACCIDENTS
EARLIER...NOT MANY IN AFTERNOON. SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER OUT ON
LAKE HARTWELL.
HABERSHAM...ROADS ICY. SOME TREES AND LINES DOWN. NOT MUCH PRECIP
FELL TODAY.
HART...HEAVY GLAZE OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES
REPORTED IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS.
STEPHENS...FREEZING DRIZZLE. ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED AROUND THE COUNTY.
RABUN...ICY ROADS. MANY PLACES AROUND COUNTY WITHOUT POWER FOR
OVER 24 HOURS.
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NOUS42 KILM 270335 AAA
PNSILM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT - SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1035 PM EST MON JAN 26 2004
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES. WE
APPRECIATE THE REPORTS FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/911 CENTERS...AND THE MEDIA.
NEW STORM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
LOCATION PCPN TOTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA
...DARLINGTON...
DARLINGTON 1/2 IN. 0330 PM 01/26 ICICLES 4.5
INCHES LONG
...DILLON...
DILLON 1/4 IN. 0335 PM 01/26 ICE MAINLY IN
TREES. POWER
OUT. 28 DEGREES
...FLORENCE...
COUNTYWIDE 0735 PM 01/26 POWER OUT
COUNTYWIDE.
TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
FLORENCE 1/2 IN. 0340 PM 01/26 POWER AND CABLE
TV OUT IN MUCH
OF FLORENCE AND
ALONG HWY 52.
ROADS OK BUT
BRIDGES ICY.
...GEORGETOWN...
OUTLAND 0941 PM 01/26 32 DEGREES.
GOOD SIZE LIMBS
DOWN.
...HORRY...
COUNTYWIDE 1000 PM 01/26 3200 RESIDENTS
WITHOUT POWER
...MARION...
COUNTYWIDE UP TO 0910 PM 01/26 HALF OF THE
1 IN. COUNTY WITHOUT
POWER. TREES
AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
...MARLBORO...
BENNETTSVILLE 1/2 TO 0330 PM 01/26 SOME ICE ON
3/4 IN. ROADS TOO.
...WILLIAMSBURG...
COUNTYWIDE 0715 PM 01/26 POWER OUT
COUNTYWIDE.
TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
KINGSTREE 1/4 IN. 0340 PM 01/26 POWER OUT IN
HEMINGWAY AND
CADES. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
&&
NEW STORM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
LOCATION PCPN TOTAL
NORTH CAROLINA
...BLADEN...
ELIZABETHTOWN 1/4 IN. 0315 PM 01/26 MAINLY IN TREES
...BRUNSWICK...
NW-W PART OF COUNTY 0820 PM 01/26 POWER OUTAGES.
TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
...COLUMBUS...
TABOR CITY 3/8 TO 0805 PM 01/26 32 DEGREES.
1/2 IN. .8 IN. OF RAIN
SINCE MIDNIGHT.
COUNTYWIDE 1033 PM 01/26 14000 RESIDENTS
WITHOUT POWER.
BRIDGES ICED
OVER. NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN.
...NEW HANOVER...
WILMINGTON 0300 PM 01/26 ICE ON CAPE
FEAR MEM. BRIDGE
AND TREES FALLING
IN CASTLE HAYNE
FROM FZRA.
...PENDER...
WATHA 3/4 IN. 0750 PM 01/26 31 DEGREES
BURGAW 1/2 IN. 0315 PM 01/26 MODERATE FZRA
LARGE LIMBS
BREAKING OUT
OF TREES. 29
DEGREES
COUNTYWIDE 0410 PM 01/26 POWER LINES
AND TREES FALLING
MOST AREAS
...ROBESON...
LUMBERTON 1/4 IN. 0315 PM 01/26 MAINLY IN TREES
SOME POWER OUTAGES
PEMBROKE 0200 PM 01/26 SLEET FALLING
&&
FOR DETAILED ROAD CONDITIONS...CHECK THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:
NORTH CAROLINA APPS.DOT.STATE.NC.US/TIMS/
SOUTH CAROLINA WWW.DOT.STATE.SC.US/GETTING/SNOWICELIST.HTML
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