A strong cold front triggered upslope snow showers along and west of the Allegheny Front in west central Virginia beginning early on January 1st. These snow showers continued through the late evening hours of January 2nd.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A strong cold front triggered upslope snow showers along and west of the Allegheny Front in west central Virginia beginning early on January 1st. These snow showers continued through the late evening hours of January 2nd. Wind gusts to 40 mph produced blowing and drifting of snow. The gusty winds and cold temperatures resulted in wind chill values below zero. Snowfall amounts around 2 inches were measured in Highland County.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Virginia Department of Transportation as well as Cooperative Observers measured around 2 inches of snow in Highland County.
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