High winds were observed during the early morning hours of January 24th as a strong cold front passed across the Appalachians, with a tight pressure gradient across the area as high pressure built in from the west.
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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.
High winds were observed during the early morning hours of January 24th as a strong cold front passed across the Appalachians, with a tight pressure gradient across the area as high pressure built in from the west.
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 Jan 23, 11:58 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 VAZ020-WVZ043-045-250500- BATH-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WEAK STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION MAY DELIVER 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...MAINLY DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-250500- ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TONIGHT MAINLY ON HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-250500- ALLEGHANY NC- 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND NEAR ZERO WIND CHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009>014-016>019-022>024-033>035-045>047-059-WVZ042-044-250500- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-MONROE- 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS. GUSTY WINDS COULD CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032-043-044-058-250500- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX- 1156 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1143 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 VAZ019-020-024-WVZ045-240900- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1143 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW TO PRODUCE SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL EAST ACROSS THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND INTO PARTS OF THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT WITH MOST ONLY SEEING A COATING TO AN INCH OF SNOW OUTSIDE OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. HOWEVER DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...ANY SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SLICK SPOTS AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several gusts in the 50 to 57 knot range were observed during the early morning hours at the KGEV AWOS. Multiple trees and power lines were blown down near the community of Fleetwood.
Several gusts in the 50 to 57 knot range were observed during the early morning hours at the KTNB AWOS. The strongest measured gust was 66 knots. These strong winds blew a roof off of a shed and brought down multiple trees and power lines|down along Browns Chapel Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 430811, 430857.