2 inches contributed to several accidents on I-81 causing major delays.
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.
Early morning snowfall ranging from a dusting to 0.2 inches contributed to several accidents on I-81 causing major delays.
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 Mar 21, 6:18 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 718 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COUPLE OF UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL WORK IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...AND EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHEAST INTO FRIDAY. A STORM SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 355 AM EDT THURSDAY... A COUPLE MORE SHORTWAVES WILL PIVOT AROUND THE BIG TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST TODAY. BASED ON TRACK OF THESE TWO VORTS POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WRN SLOPES OF SE WV...WITH LESS IN THE NC MTNS. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE ANOTHER 2 OR 3 INCHES ON TOP OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MTNS OF SE WV WHICH SHOULD BRING TOTAL SNOW AROUND 4 TO 5 INCHES WHEN ALL SAID AN DONE. GIVEN THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AN ADVISORY OUT AND ONLY EXPECTING THE FAR WRN SLOPES OF GREENBRIER COUNTY TO ACCUMULATE UP TO 3 INCHES...WILL STICK WITH SPECIAL WX STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION WILL HAVE WIND CHILLS SUB-ZERO OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM NC INTO WV...ABOVE 3500 FEET...AND THIS WILL BE MENTIONED AS WELL IN THE SPS. FORECAST ISSUE TODAY WILL BE DRYING OUT EAST AND ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL BE COLD...HUMIDITIES ARE STILL GOING TO SINK TO AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND SOME OF THE FOOTHILLS. GIVEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND PER COORDINATION WITH FIRE MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL THROW AN SPS FOR ENHANCED FIRE DANGER EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SHOULD SEE TEMPS GO NOWHERE TODAY IN THE WEST AND 8H TEMPS ARE ALREADY DROPPING TO -10 IN THE WEST RIGHT NOW AND SHOULD DROP TO - 15C BY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LINGERING CLOUD COVER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL HAVE TEMPS IN THE 20S ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS MOST OF THE SE WV AREA...RANGING TO AROUND 30 IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND AND IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 EAST. WINDS TODAY AS MENTIONED WILL BE GUSTY ALTHOUGH WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT THAT STRONG...SO NOT THINKING IT WILL BE STRONGER THAN WHAT WE HAD TUESDAY...BUT AN OCCASIONAL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NC/FAR SW VA CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SKIES WILL BE CLEARING EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AFTER THE LAST SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS MIDDAY...WITH MIX OF CLOUDS UNTIL THEN. REALLY HARD TO SEE CLOUDS CLEARING IN THE FAR WRN MTNS OF SE WV THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT TO KEEP WINDS UP INTO MOST OF THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE ROANOKE AREA. THE GRADIENT WILL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPS DROPPING EVEN FURTHER. STILL LOOKING AT LOWS SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE MARCH WITH TEENS IN THE WEST AND LOWER 20S EAST. FLURRIES/LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN NWRN GREENBRIER COUNTY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT WITH CLEARING. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 400 AM EDT THURSDAY... WILL START THE DAY OUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE...STRETCHING FROM THE UPPER PLAINS THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC...AS THE DOMINANT FEATURE IN OUR WEATHER PATTERN. AS SUCH...EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE CHILLY SIDE...THEY WILL WARM INTO THE LOW/MID 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOW 50S ACROSS THE PIEDMONTS BY AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ADVANCES EASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH PRECIPITATION ENTERING THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF OUR AREA...EXPECT TO SEE A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET ENTERING OUR AREA AROUND SUNSET FRIDAY...CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO RAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AS DAYTIME HEATING KICKS IN. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...PERHAPS A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THEREFORE DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN SHORTLIVED AS ANOTHER MORE POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE GULF COAST. BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING...WILL SEE ANOTHER DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCING NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF COAST...WHILE COOL HIGH PRESSURE WEDGES SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN FACE OF THE APPALACHIANS FROM THE GREAT LAKES. THE WARMER GULF AIR RIDING NORTHEAST WITH THE LOW WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS A COLD RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH PERHAPS A FEW POCKETS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. EVAPORATIVE COOLING MAY ALSO ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO FREEZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY SOUTH OF ROANOKE ON SUNDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN...BUT HAVE ONLY LOW CONFIDENCE IN THAT AT THIS TIME. BY SUNDAY EVENING...A DEVELOPING LOW ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL TAKE OVER AS THE DOMINANT FEATURE...CAUSING WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA TO SHIFT NORTHWESTERLY...DRAWING COLDER AIR IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AS SUCH...WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNSET...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES...AND FLAKES FLYING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE GUSTY SIDE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 40 MPH GUSTS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 400 AM EDT THURSDAY... LOOKING INTO THE NEXT WORKWEEK...THE EASTERN UNITED STATES REMAINS IN LONGWAVE TROF PATTERN WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE FORECAST AREA TRANSITIONS TO NORTHWEST FLOW UPSLOPE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE TUESDAY. LITTLE DEVIATION FROM WPC TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE AT THIS TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION /11Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 720 AM EDT THURSDAY... FORECAST FOR TERMINALS STILL LOOKS LIKE MVFR BLF/LWB THIS MORNING WITH POTENTIAL FOR IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN ANY HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS...BUT TIME WINDOW IS SMALL SO THAT AM NOT INCLUDING AT THIS POINT IN THE TERMINALS. FURTHER EAST CANNOT RULE OUT A 30 MINUTE PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS AT BCB WITH VSBYS FALLING TO 5SM BETWEEN 06Z-07Z...AND MVFR CIGS. OVERALL...FROM BCB EAST SHOULD BE MAINLY VFR AND AT TIMES HIGH END MVFR AT BCB. THE AREA GOES INTO NW FLOW THIS PERIOD WHERE GUSTY WINDS AGAIN TAKE SHAPE THROUGH THE MORNING INTO LATE AFTERNOON WHERE GUSTS OVER 25 KNOTS EXPECTED...WITH TURBULENCE SETTING UP LEE OF THE MTNS. WINDS DO NOT LOOK AS STRONG AS WHAT OCCURRED TUESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS FADE BY LATE IN THE DAY...BUT LOOK FOR CIGS STAYING IN THE LOW END VFR RANGE AT BLF/LWB. SKIES CLEARING OUT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO VFR CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY. SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MODELS...ALTHOUGH HAVING THEIR DIFFERENCES...ARE BEGINNING TO FAVOR INCREASING MOISTURE TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE VIRGINIAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN BRINGING THIS MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE VIRGINIAS FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER... AS OF 430 AM EDT THURSDAY... DESPITE A COLDER DAY...HUMIDITY LEVELS SINK TO AROUND 20 PERCENT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH...THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED...AS FINE FUELS DRY OUT. THE PRECIPITATION FROM THE UPPER DISTURBANCES WAS SCANT OUT EAST. 10 HOUR FUELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 8 TO 12 PERCENT...ALTHOUGH VERY COLD AIR MAY SLOW THE DRYING DOWN SOME TODAY. HUMIDITIES RECOVER ONLY TO ABOUT 50 TO 60 PERCENT IN THE PIEDMONT TONIGHT...WHILE WINDS DIMINISH WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN...BUT SOME AREAS SHOULD STAY AROUND 10 MPH SUSTAINED. FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DRY DAY BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AROUND...WIND SPEEDS STAY UNDER 10 MPH. HUMIDITY LEVELS SINK INTO THE TEENS THOUGH EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WP NEAR TERM...WP SHORT TERM...NF LONG TERM...AMS AVIATION...KK/PM/WP FIRE WEATHER...WP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 WVZ045-220845- GREENBRIER- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR SO...EXCEPT UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE WESTERN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING WILL BE AROUND ZERO AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SOME SLEET ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...AND PERHAPS INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ042-043-220845- MERCER-SUMMERS- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCUMULATE ANOTHER INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DROP AS LOW AS ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-220845- ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING WILL ALSO DROP AS LOW AS ZERO...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY WEATHER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-WVZ044-220845- ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. POCKETS OF SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING A QUICK INCH EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ022>024-220845- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-220845- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 442 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 419 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 VAZ007-010-011-WVZ042>045-211200- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 419 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...COLDER AIR TO POUR IN ALONG WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS... SNOW SHOWERS ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING OFF AND ON THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS OUTSIDE OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AND SOME TEENS...ANY SNOW WILL BRING SLICK TRAVEL. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN GREENBRIER...UP TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO AT TIMES...WITH SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. FOLKS TRAVELING THIS MORNING ARE GOING TO NEED TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. WATCH FOR SLICK ROADS...AND SOME LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. NCZ001-018-VAZ009-015-211200- ASHE-WATAUGA-SMYTH-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...MARION... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 419 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON... THERE WILL BE A FEW PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AT LEAST INTO LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAIN TOPS. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE SLICK TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND...AND SENDING WIND CHILLS TO AROUND ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING. THOSE TRAVELING WILL NEED ALLOW MORE TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION AND PLAN AHEAD TO ENCOUNTER SLICK ROADS AND SOME LOWER VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 427 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-220000- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 427 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... DESPITE THE COLDER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING TODAY...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL AGAIN SINK BACK TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 1O TO 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DRYING TO FINE FUELS. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD. FOLKS SHOULD AVOID DOING ANY BURNING OUTDOORS TODAY. PROPERLY EXTINGUISH ALL SMOKING MATERIALS...AND CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING LOCAL BURNING POLICY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 759 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 VAZ045>047-058-059-211330- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE 759 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING... A SWATH OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH FROM APPOMATTOX COUNTY INTO PARTS OF CAMPBELL...CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM. A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD FALL ESPECIALLY BETWEEN APPOMATTOX AND CHARLOTTE COURTHOUSE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL LIKE CAUSE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SLICK SPOTS DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE SOME WARMING TAKES PLACE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall up to 0.2 inches in Montgomery County may have contributed to a multi-vehicle accident on I-81 reported at mile marker 105.1.
Snowfall may have contributed to an accident on I-81 in Pulaski County. Reported snowfall in the county was only 0.1 inches at two CoCoRaHS sites.
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, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 441072, 441075.