High pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains. Southwest flow a few thousand feet above the surface brought above freezing temperatures and led to freezing rain and accumulating ice in the Mid Atlantic.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
High pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains. Southwest flow a few thousand feet above the surface brought above freezing temperatures and led to freezing rain and accumulating ice in the Mid Atlantic.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 27, 9:03 PM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
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21 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Middleton and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Edinburg and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Nineveh and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Mustoe and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Mustoe and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Dale Enterprise and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace to a tenth inch was reported at Ashburn and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a tenth inch was reported at Opal and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Earlysville and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Amissville and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Bealeton and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at Herndon and surrounding locations.
Ice accumulation of around a trace was reported at surrounding locations.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 431202, 431203, 431205, 431206, 431207, 431208, 431220, 431221, 431223, 431225, 431226, 431227, 431228, 431229, 431230, 431231, 431232, 431234, 431235, 431236, 431237.