Eight inches of snow fell in parts of North Carolina. Check out these wintry images
Snowfall totals are coming in for western North Carolina, and eight inches fell in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.
That’s in line with what experts predicted (8 to 10 inches) for the high ridges during the storm, which brought accumulations of an inch to a half inch as far east as Iredell, Gaston and Rowan counties. (Charlotte got wet snow in some areas, but it didn’t stick.)
Here are the reports from the weekend:
- Banner Elk in Avery County, 8 inches by 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Little Switzerland area in Mitchell County, 6.7 inches as 8 a.m. Saturday. The part of the community across the McDowell County line got 6 inches.
- Jonas Ridge in Burke County, 6.5 inches as of 7 a.m. Saturday.
- Alarka community in Swain County, 5 inches as of 9:05 a.m. Saturday. Mount Mitchell in Yancey County got 5 inches as of 7 a.m. Friday.
Northern Saluda in Polk County, 4.7 inches at 7 a.m. Sunday
- Table Rock in Burke County, 4.5 inches as of 4 p.m. Friday, and Laurel Park in Henderson County, 4.5 inches as of 8 a.m. Saturday.
- Flat Springs in Avery County, 4.3 inches as of 7 a.m. Saturday.
- Maggie Valley in Haywood County, 4.2 inches as of 7 a.m. Saturday.
- Glen Alpine in Burke County and Black Mountain and Buncombe were among multiple communities that got 4 inches Saturday.
Old Fort in McDowell County got 3.8 inches and Grandfather Mountain in Avery County got 3.5 inches as of Saturday morning.
Images of heavy snow in the mountains and foothills began showing up before dawn on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Here are examples:
This story was originally published January 8, 2021 at 11:44 AM with the headline "Eight inches of snow fell in parts of North Carolina. Check out these wintry images."