S. upper-level trough to bring a period of light snow to the mountains of eastern West Virginia on the 10th continuing into the early morning hours of the 11th.
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A strong Canadian cold front combined with a powerful mid-U.S. upper-level trough to bring a period of light snow to the mountains of eastern West Virginia on the 10th continuing into the early morning hours of the 11th. While snow amounts were generally in the 1 to 2 inch range across most of the southeast West Virginia counties within the Blacksburg County Warning Area (CWA), upslope enhanced snow showers in western Greenbrier county brought snowfall totals there into the three to four inch range with a maximum of six inches being recorded in the far northwest part of the county at Quinwood. Monroe county, however, did not report any measurable snowfall.
Here are some of the snowfall totals received from the southeast West Virginia counties within the Blacksburg CWA.
Greenbrier (Quinwood) - 6.0 inches,| (McRoss) - 4.0 inches,| (Renick) - 2.8 inches,
Mercer (Princeton) - 1.5 inch,| (Bluefield) - trace,
Summer (Meadow Creek) - 2.0 inches,| (Hix) - 2.0 inches.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Greenbrier County Emergency Management Director reported snowfall ranging from 2.8 inches in Renick in the north central part of the county to 6.0 inches in Quinwood in the far northwest part of the county. The McRoss COOP observer reported 4.0 inches in McRoss, about 10 miles southeast of Quinwood.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office reported snowfall ranging from a just a trace at Bluefield to 1.5 inches in Princeton.
A SkyWarn spotter reported 2.0 inches of snow at Meadow Creek while the West Virginia Department of Highways reported 2.0 inches in Hix.
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