Winter Weather, Wood
- When
- January 20, 7:00 PM EST to January 21, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2012
Prior to this episode, arctic air was in place near the ground. Moisture increased rapidly during the late afternoon on Friday the 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Prior to this episode, arctic air was in place near the ground. Moisture increased rapidly during the late afternoon on Friday the 20th. Strong warm air advection caused a mixture of sleet and freezing rain to reach the ground during the evening hours. The mixture became mostly freezing rain. Temperatures were in the upper 20s. After a brief lull, the bulk of the freezing rain accumulation occurred after midnight, early on the 21st. The freezing rain diminished around dawn.
Accumulations of ice were less than a quarter of an inch across Tyler, Pleasants, and Wood Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Pleasants
- When
- January 20, 7:00 PM EST to January 21, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Tyler
- When
- January 20, 7:00 PM EST to January 21, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Idaho, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Winter Storm and Damaging Wind in California, January 20 to 23, 2012
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Indiana, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 20, 2012
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20, 2012
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 2012
Sources
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 354559, 354560, 354561.