A slow moving low pressure system combined with weak cold air damming to produce an extended period of light freezing rain along the eastern Blue Ridge escarpment, as well as the northern foothills and Piedmont of North Carolina. Precipitation developed around daybreak of the 17th and continued to fall lightly for most of the day, occasionally mixing with sleet and snow. By evening, most areas reported between 0.10 and 0.20 inch of ice accretion, with a few locations reporting additional light snow/sleet accumulations. Sporadic power outages and multiple vehicle accidents were reported. Ice accretion dropped off considerably farther west toward the French Broad Valley in the southern/central Mountains and toward the Tennessee border in the northern mountains. The freezing rain tapered off to freezing drizzle during the evening of the 17th, but even this continued through the night in some areas.

Winter Weather in GREATER BURKE, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in AVERY, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in ALEXANDER, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in IREDELL, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in DAVIE, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in YANCEY, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in MITCHELL, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in BUNCOMBE, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in ROWAN, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in CALDWELL MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in GREATER CALDWELL, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in BURKE MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA
From 17-MAR-14 05:00:00 to 18-MAR-14 05:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter