Minor Winter Weather Event, March 12-13, 2018
Developing low pressure off the Carolina coast combined with cold air to produce a minor snow event for eastern North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours of Monday March 12, 2018 into the early morning hours of March 13, 2018. The system was accompanied by strong gusty winds, with gusts as high as 65 mph observed at Oregon Inlet.
Around one inch of snow occurred in Kinston (@LewPirate) Around 0.4 inch of snow reported at the Newport NWS Office.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1105 AM EDT Tue Mar 13 2018 ...Snowfall Reports... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Carteret County... Newport 1.0 N 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Newport/Morehead City WFO 0.4 in 1200 AM 03/13 COOP Newport 2.5 W 0.4 in 0730 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 SW Newport 0.4 in 1049 PM 03/12 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 WSW Newport 0.3 in 1000 PM 03/12 PUBLIC 1 S Bogue 0.3 in 1030 PM 03/12 PUBLIC 1 W Bogue 0.2 in 1039 PM 03/12 NWS EMPLOYEE ...Craven County... Cove City 1.0 in 1022 PM 03/12 PUBLIC ...Dare County... 1 WNW Manteo 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 NNW Nags Head 0.2 in 0730 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Duplin County... Mount Olive 2.4 SW 0.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Greene County... 3 NNE Snow Hill 1.5 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Hookerton 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 W Snow Hill 0.5 in 0702 PM 03/12 COUNTY OFFICIAL ...Jones County... Maysville 0.2 in 0930 PM 03/12 TRAINED SPOTTER ...Lenoir County... 5 WNW Kinston 1.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 4 W Kinston 0.8 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 WSW Kinston 0.8 in 0715 PM 03/12 COUNTY OFFICIAL 1 ESE Kinston 0.8 in 0844 AM 03/13 TRAINED SPOTTER ...Onslow County... 1 NW Pumpkin Center 0.2 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 SE Half Moon 0.2 in 0900 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Pamlico County... 1 WSW Oriental 0.2 in 1031 PM 03/12 PUBLIC ...Pitt County... 1 W Winterville 1.5 in 0854 AM 03/13 TRAINED SPOTTER Greenville (COOP) 1.0 in 1200 AM 03/13 COOP 2 ESE Bruce 1.0 in 0749 PM 03/12 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 SW Simpson 1.0 in 1020 PM 03/12 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 NNE Bell Arthur 1.0 in 0737 PM 03/12 LAW ENFORCEMENT 1 W Winterville 1.0 in 1029 PM 03/12 PUBLIC 3 SE Dowdy Ficklen Stadium 1.0 in 0915 AM 03/13 PUBLIC 3 W Greenville 0.8 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Greenville 0.8 in 0858 AM 03/13 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 NNE Winterville 0.8 in 1040 AM 03/13 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 WNW Winterville 0.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 ENE Winterville 0.5 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 NNE Simpson 0.5 in 0859 AM 03/13 TRAINED SPOTTER 3 W Winterville 0.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 WSW Greenville 0.3 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 3 NE Winterville 0.1 in 0719 PM 03/12 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 N Farmville 0.0 in 0540 PM 03/12 TRAINED SPOTTER &&
...Peak Wind Gust Reports... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Beaufort County... Bunyan RAWS 31 MPH 0113 AM 03/13 RAWS ...Carteret County... Fort Macon (WxFlow) 39 MPH 0658 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Beaufort (MRH ASOS) 39 MPH 0609 PM 03/12 ASOS Beaufort 37 MPH 0712 PM 03/12 NWLON North River (WxFlow) 37 MPH 0731 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Croatan RAWS 31 MPH 0705 PM 03/12 RAWS ...Craven County... Cherry Point (NKT ASOS) 43 MPH 0738 PM 03/12 ASOS New Bern (EWN ASOS) 33 MPH 0805 PM 03/12 ASOS ...Dare County... Oregon Inlet CG (WxFlow) 65 MPH 1015 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet (WxFlow) 60 MPH 0930 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Stumpy Point (WxFlow) 58 MPH 0906 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet 53 MPH 0906 PM 03/12 NWLON Hatteras High (WxFlow) 52 MPH 0726 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Avon (WxFlow) 50 MPH 1034 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Kill Devil Hills (FFA AWOS) 47 MPH 0855 PM 03/12 AWOS Frisco (HSE ASOS) 45 MPH 0141 AM 03/13 ASOS Manteo (MQI AWOS) 45 MPH 0735 PM 03/12 AWOS Buxton (WxFlow) 45 MPH 0941 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Dare Co Gnry Ran (K2DP AWOS) 39 MPH 0926 PM 03/12 AWOS Dare Bomb Range RAWS 39 MPH 0128 AM 03/13 RAWS ...Duplin County... Kenansville (DPL AWOS) 32 MPH 0535 PM 03/12 AWOS ...Hyde County... 4 NE Engelhard 39 MPH 0835 PM 03/12 MESOWEST Fairfield RAWS 30 MPH 1217 AM 03/13 RAWS ...Onslow County... Jacksonville (NCA ASOS) 35 MPH 0559 PM 03/12 ASOS ...Maritime Stations... Jennettes Pier (WxFlow) 69 MPH 0825 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Duck FRF Research Pier 60 MPH 0854 PM 03/12 NWLON Diamond Shoals Buoy 58 MPH 1030 PM 03/12 MARITIME Real Slick (WxFlow) 57 MPH 0915 PM 03/12 WXFLOW 25 ENE Rodanthe 56 MPH 0100 AM 03/13 MARITIME Pamlico Sound (WxFlow) 53 MPH 1007 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Frisco Woods (WxFlow) 52 MPH 1105 PM 03/12 WXFLOW Ocracoke (WxFlow) 49 MPH 1212 AM 03/13 WXFLOW Buoy 30SE New River Inlet 40 MPH 1108 PM 03/12 MARITIME Cape Lookout 39 MPH 0800 PM 03/12 MARITIME && Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official |
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