A major storm system expected across much of the South could bring snow and fierce winds to the North Carolina mountains and thunderstorms and heavy rains to the Charlotte area early in the week, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Saturday.
Coastal areas including Ocracoke Island , Hatteras Island and other parts of the Outer Banks should brace for “multiple threats,” according to an NWS alert Saturday. Those threats likewise include strong winds, heavy rains and “minor” flooding.
Snow is most likely late Monday and early Tuesday in areas above 3,500 feet straddling the Tennessee border, forecaster Clay Chaney of the NWS office in Greer, South Carolina, told The Charlotte Observer.
Areas include the ski resort town of Beech Mountain ; Clingmans Dome , the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 6,643 feet; Roan Mountain in Tennessee; the community of Wolf Laurel, 30 miles north of Asheville; and the Avery County town of Elk Park , Chaney said.