However, several storms have dropped or more of snow within normally warm areas. The 1993 Storm of the Century that lasted from March 11 to March 15 affected locales from Canada to Central America, and brought a significant amount of snow to North Carolina. Newfound Gap received more than of snow with drifts more than , while Mount Mitchell measured over of snow with drifts to . Most of the northwestern part of the state received somewhere between an of snow.