The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a special weather statement at 6:05 a.m. on Monday in effect until 10 a.m. The alert is for Northern Jackson as well as Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain,
An arctic air mass is on its way to the Western North Carolina area.
The N.C. Forest Service is warning North Carolinians to be prepared for wildfires and take the necessary steps to help prevent any natural disasters.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for parts of Western North Carolina Jan. 19, and forecasts below-zero wind chills overnight.
On Tuesday at 3:20 a.m. the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a wind advisory. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph, particularly at higher elevations, expected for Mitchell and Yancey counties until 3 p.m. this afternoon.
The National Weather Service urges residents to take precautions as a cold wave moves across the Hickory Metro and western North Carolina starting Sunday (January 19) plunging overnight temperatures
On Tuesday at 2:34 p.m. the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a wind advisory valid for Wednesday between midnight and 6 p.m. The advisory is for Caldwell Mountains, Burke Mountains and McDowell Mountains.
The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been in business since 1792, recently released its spring weather forecast. The outlook? "Warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of the country, with a few exceptions: southern and central California, Desert Southwest, southern Florida, and western Ohio Valley, where it will be near to below normal."
As Helene's destructive wrath descended on the Southeast, some residents say they never got the warnings they needed to take action.
By Corey Davis, NC State Climate Office The second winter storm in a week and a half affected North Carolina on Tuesday night, and this time, it was eastern areas seeing the greatest accumulations and ending multi-year snow droughts.
Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were removing snow the same way they remove trash,