A positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts of 3 inches were reported at Bayard.
Snowfall amounts of around seven inches were reported at Cherry Grove.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 430476, 431323.