An intense upper low was rotating through the mid-Atlantic region during the period. An equally intense surface low and occluded front was located across the eastern Ohio valley.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 RNK wrote it up.
An intense upper low was rotating through the mid-Atlantic region during the period. An equally intense surface low and occluded front was located across the eastern Ohio valley. As the low pressure area moved to the northeast of the area, intensified, and slowed in northeastward movement. This resulted in an extended period of upslope northwesterly flow along the western slopes of the Alleghany mountains of West Virginia. Up to a foot of snow fell in northwest Greenbrier county around Quinwood, with 3 to 5 inch snowfall common across the remainder of southeast West Virginia.
Listed below are the various snowfall reports received from the southeast West Virginia counties within the Blacksburg, Virginia forecast area.
Greenbrier county (Quinwood) - 12.0 inches|Mercer county (South Bluefield) - 5.5 inches| (1NNW Bluefield) - 5.0 inches| (Princeton) - 3.0 inches|Summers county (Hix) - 5.0 inches| (Hinton) - 2.5 inches.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 21, 6:51 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
651 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY INTO NEW
ENGLAND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILDS IN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. A WEAK
LOW CENTER MAY IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A STRONGER
STORM SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 620 PM EST FRIDAY...
OBSERVATIONS/RADAR/SAT INDICATE SNOW SHOWERS EXTENDING AS FAR EAST
AS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY WITH FLURRIES TO THE BLUE RIDGE. THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST IS ON TRACK ALTHOUGH INCREASED POPS FURTHER EAST
INTO THE NC MTNS PER OBS THIS EVENING...FROM CHANCE TO LIKELYS.
TEMPS RUNNING A COUPLE DEGREES COLDER AND TRENDING TWO TO THREE
DEGREES LOWER THAN FORECAST THROUGH THE EVENING. JUST HAD ANOTHER
GUST TO 64 MPH AT THE BOONE AWOS IN WATAUGA COUNTY NC. THE CURRENT
HEADLINES WILL NOT BE CHANGED. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND UPPER
LEVEL FORECAST ON THE SHORTWAVE SUGGEST STRONGEST WINDS SURGING IN
AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MIDDAY SAT. WILL SEND AN UPDATE TO THE WSW AND
NPW TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CALLING SNOW AND WIND REPORTS
INTO OUR OFFICE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
HIGH WIND WARNING AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
SATURDAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WEATHER ADVIORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ENDING IN THE SOUTH FIRST.
STRONG UPPER CYCLONE NEAR LAKE ERIE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARDS NEW
ENGLAND...WHILE SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW YORK LIFTS NORTHWARD.
STRONG SFC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER INTO THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES WITH
BLUSTERY NW WINDS. SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE AS
THE UPPER MOISTURE LOBE/AXIS CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS. MOST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL STAY PRIMARILY WEST OF THE ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER
VALLEYS. SNOW FLURRIES WILL SNEAK EAST ACROSS EASTERN AREAS. THE
GREATEST IMPACT WITHIN OUR CWA WILL BE THE WV MOUNTAINS WEST OF
LEWISBURG WHERE AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR
WITH THIS EVENT.
MOST CRITICAL PERIOD FOR THE WIND WILL BE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...AS THE WIND FLOW TURNS MORE NW WITH STRONG COLD
ADVECTION. AS A RESULT EXPECT A LOWERING OF THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION
DURING THE OVERNIGHT...MODELS INDICATING 70+ KTS ARRIVING AT 85H BY
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS LOWERING OF THE INVERSION SHOULD FAVOR THESE
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS NEARING THE SURFACE...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS
ALONG AND JUST LEE OF THE RIDGE CRESTS.
PLAYED LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE COOLER MOS VALUES WITH
LOWS FROM THE TEENS IN THE WEST TO THE MID 20S IN THE SOUTHEAST.
WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME A DEFINITE FACTOR TONIGHT WHEN COMBINATION
OF WIND AND TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH THE WIND CHILL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS.
STRONG WINDS CONTINUE SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS A REINFORCING
DISTURBANCE SWINGS AROUND THE MAIN UPPER LOW. AS SUCH...THE HIGH
WIND WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS
THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT WINDSPEEDS
TO GRADUALLY DIE DOWN AREAWIDE. WITH THE DIMINISHING WIND
SPEEDS...WILL ALSO SEE A CONTINUED DECREASE IN SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY.
SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW FLURRIES WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
PLAYED HIGHS ON SATURDAY CLOSE TO THE COOLER ADJMET AND A FEW
DEGREES COOLER IN THE WEST UPSLOPE REGION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 320 PM EST FRIDAY...
FAST UPPER ZONAL FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE WEEKEND AS THE 5H
TROF DEPARTS WELL TO THE NE WHILE RIDGING TAKES SHAPE OVER THE SE
STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO RIDGE NORTH FROM THE GULF
COAST SATURDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR LIGHT WINDS BUT COLD TEMPS UNDER
CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. WITH RESIDUAL SNOW COVER OVER THE FAR WEST
WENT CLOSER TO THE COLDER MAV MOS THERE WHILE BLENDING THE MAV/MET
ELSW WHICH GIVES TEENS/LOW 20S MOUNTAINS TO MID 20S EAST.
DRY PERIOD WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS A MID LEVEL WAVE ZIPPING
EAST LOOKS TO COMBO WITH THE LEFTOVER BOUNDARY TO THE SW ALLOWING A
QUICK RETURN OF WEAK INSENTROPIC LIFT ALONG THE APPALACHIANS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. MID/LOW LEVELS LOOK PRETTY DRY TO START SO KEEPING SUNDAY
DRY WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS WEST AND WITHOUT POPS FOR NOW. SHOULD
BE A BIT WARMER SUNDAY GIVEN WARMER 85H TEMPS AND WESTERLY FLOW BUT
STILL BELOW MOS EXCEPT OVER THE SE WHERE MORE INSOLATION LIKELY.
WET WEATHER MAKES A RETURN ACROSS THE NORTH/WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS EVE AS YET ANOTHER FAST MOVING
SHORTWAVE APPROACHES AND INDUCES WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. THIS ALONG WITH WEAK LIFT ALONG A
STRETCHED OUT AXIS OF DEEPER MOISTURE ALONG THE JET SHOULD SPELL
PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ESPCLY WEST AND NORTH SUNDAY NGT INTO MONDAY
AS THE SURFACE WAVE LIFTS NE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER MONDAY.
LATEST MODEL THICKNESS VALUES SHOW MOSTLY A LIQUID EVENT AS TIMING
SUNDAY EVENING WOULD NOT ALLOW MUCH COOLING AS CLOUDS ARRIVE WHILE
PRECIP LOOKS TOO LIGHT TO CREATE TOO MUCH EVAPORATIVE COOLING AT
THIS POINT. MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FAR
NORTH AT THE ONSET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OTRW REMOVING ALL SNOW MENTION
WHILE RUNNING WITH MAINLY CHANCE POPS...EXCEPT LOW LIKELYS NW ON
MONDAY. OTRW MOSTLY A CHILLY WET DAY WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 40S.
RAIN SHOULD TAPER TO SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
LATE AS THE WEAK SYSTEM ZIPS OFF TO THE NE AND DRYING ALOFT KICKS
IN. SOME RESIDUAL RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE MOUNTAINS AS MARGINAL
COLD AIR SLIDES SE OTRW REMAINING CLOUDY AND COLD OVERNIGHT WITH
LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 400 PM EST FRIDAY...
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...THE AREA WILL STILL BE STILL BE ON THE EXITING
STAGE OF THE WEEKEND SYSTEM WITH NORTHWEST WINDS PREVAILING ACROSS
THE REGION. THE RESULT WILL BE SOME LINGERING UPSLOPE RAIN AND OR
SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AROUND SUNRISE. BY MIDDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON...WE EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME SOUTH IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT
WEATHER MAKER. LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AR/MS REGION AND
EJECTING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY WITH GOOD MOISTURE
ADVECTION TOWARD AND THEN INTO OUR REGION WITH ORIGINS OFF BOTH THE
GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN THE ATLANTIC OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS.
THE RESULT WILL BE OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA
STARTING BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON CHRISTMAS DAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THERE WILL BE POCKETS
OF SURFACE AIR BELOW ZERO WITH A WARM NOSE ALOFT TO GENERATE SOME
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. FOR NOW...GIVEN THE
MODEL VARIANCES OF THE SOLUTIONS...WILL CONTINUE WITH A RAIN VS SNOW
FORECAST AT THIS POINT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...THE TROUGH AXIS OF THE UPPER LOW AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT CROSS THE REGION AND WINDS SHIFT
NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION
TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS EAST OF THE
CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WHILE NO NUMBERS ARE BEING OFFERED AT THIS
TIME...MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE
PREFERRED UPSLOPE REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA SOUTH INTO THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE SCENARIO MAY BE SIMILAR TO
OUR CURRENT ONGOING WEATHER EVENT.
BY FRIDAY...THE UPSLOPE WILL END AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TAKES PLACE
IN THE MIDWEST AND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION BECOMES MORE ZONAL TO
SLIGHTLY SOUTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE SLIGHTLY MILDER ON
FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 630 PM EST FRIDAY...
MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVING OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL KEEP SNOW SHOWERS
STREAMING FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MTNS OF WV/NC AND SW VA
OVERNIGHT. MAINLY GOING TO SEE BLF/LWB IMPACTED MORE WITH REDUCED
VSBYS AND CIGS...WHILE THE EASTERN TERMINALS DEAL WITH MORE WIND.
TURBULENCE STAYS SEVERE THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. STILL
LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST LOW LVL WINDS ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE
AREA BETWEEN 05Z AND 15Z SAT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 KNOTS ARE
ANTICIPATED AT TIMES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHILE SUSTAINED
WINDS STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 KNOT RANGE. OVERALL IT APPEARS ROANOKE
AND BLACKSBURG WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGER WINDS FOR THE TERMINAL
SITES. ACROSS THE AVAWINTER STORM CENTERED NORTH OF THE AREA WILL
RESULT IN MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...TAPERING TO FLURRIES SATURDAY. THE GRADIENT WILL START
TO RELAX SOME SAT AFTN WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FALLING UNDER 20 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS BELOW 30 KNOTS. SOME AREAS SHOULD SEE WINDS ABOUT 10
KNOTS AROUND THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW
SHOWERS THAT BRING LOWER VSBYS THIS EVENING TO BLF/LWB SHOULD
START TO BE MORE CONFINED TO THE WRN SLOPES BY 12Z SAT AND OVERALL
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AT THESE LOCATIONS TO VFR BY
NOON/17Z SATURDAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATED SATURDAY EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD
VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BACK ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
AS AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE MID
ALTANTIC MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR SOME
WETTING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD
OF MIXED PRECIP. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD YEILD BRIEF PERIOD OF
VFR CONDITIONS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...FOLLOWED BY RAPID DETERIATING
CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE TN VALLEY FROM
THE SOUTHWEST. THIS MID WEEK STORM LOOKS TO BE MUCH
STRONGER...MODELS DEEPENING THIS SYSTEM RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES ALONG
THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY HAVE A MUCH
WIDER AREAL IMPACT...WITH IMPLICATIONS THAT IT WILL BECOME A MAJOR
WINTER STORM FOR PARTS OF THE REGION.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR VAZ007-009>020-
022>024-032>035.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR VAZ007-010-
011-019-020.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY FOR VAZ009-015.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR VAZ043>047-058-059.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NCZ001>003-018-
019.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY FOR NCZ001-018.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NCZ004>006-020.
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WVZ044.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WVZ044.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WVZ042-043-
045.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KK/PM/WP
NEAR TERM...KK/WP
SHORT TERM...JH
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...KK/PM/WPHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 WVZ042-043-045-222030- MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-010-011-019-020-WVZ044-222030- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-VAZ009-015-222030- ASHE-WATAUGA-SMYTH-GRAYSON- 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-003-019-VAZ012>014-016>018-022>024-032>035-222030- ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-222030- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 316 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
349 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM SNOW QUINWOOD 38.06N 80.70W
12/21/2012 E4.0 INCH GREENBRIER WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200310
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
627 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM SNOW LANSING 36.50N 81.51W
12/21/2012 E2.0 INCH ASHE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200311
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
629 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0628 PM SNOW BASTIAN 37.15N 81.15W
12/21/2012 E2.0 INCH BLAND VA PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200312
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
642 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0641 PM SNOW CRESTON 36.43N 81.62W
12/21/2012 E2.0 INCH ASHE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
4200 FEET IN ELEVATION
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200313
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
647 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 PM SNOW MARION 36.83N 81.50W
12/21/2012 E1.0 INCH SMYTH VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200314
FISHERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
654 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0653 PM SNOW LANSING 36.50N 81.51W
12/21/2012 E4.0 INCH ASHE NC PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER RNK1200315
FISHERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Crawley West Virginia Department of Transportation site reported 12.0 inches of snow from the Quinwood area of northwest Greenbrier county. Further southeast in the county, amounts were considerably less. The Ronceverte area observed 2.2 inches of snow.
The Summers County West Virginia Department of Highways reported that 5.0 inches of snow fell in Hix and the public reported 2.5 inches of snow in Hinton.
A SkyWarn spotter from South Bluefield recorded 5.5 inches of snow in a 12-hour period. Another spotter recorded 5.0 inches of snow just north-northwest of Bluefield and WWVA Television in Princeton recorded 3.0 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, December 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 426854, 426855, 426864.