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Rapid Reaction: Drought Returns to NC Mountains
The US Drought Monitor, with input from the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council, has re-introduced drought conditions to far western parts of the state...
From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze
Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing...
Hump Day-ja Vu: The Three Wednesday Snows of March 1960
March of 1960 must have felt a bit like Groundhog Day in North Carolina. For the first three Wednesdays of the month, parts of the...
Rapid Reaction: Severe Storms Spawn Tornadoes in NC
Earlier this week, a cold front moving across North Carolina produced strong thunderstorms that spawned six tornadoes, then left high, gusty winds in its wake....
February Tornadoes are Rare, But With a Damaging History
Last week’s EF1 tornado in Carteret County serves as a reminder that although the winter months are climatologically our least active for severe weather, damaging...
Rapid Reaction: Wintry Weather and Spring-Like Storms Hit NC
Our winter roller coaster continued this week as high temperatures plummeted below freezing, we rounded a bend of snow and ice-slickened roads, and temperatures quickly...
Rapid Reaction: Winter’s First Major Storm Brings Snow, Sleet, Ice, and Rain
A two-day wintry event last Friday and Saturday was a classic Carolina storm, with a mixed bag of precipitation across the state ranging from heavy...