Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 2 to 3, 2014

Name: Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 2 to 3, 2014
Start: 2014-01-02T06:30
End: 2014-01-03T10:00
Location: West Virginia

January 2 to 3, 2014 · NWS RLX · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

A low pressure system tracked east, across Kentucky into southern West Virginia during the daylight hours on the 2nd. A mixture of light rain and snow fell during the day.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.

A low pressure system tracked east, across Kentucky into southern West Virginia during the daylight hours on the 2nd. A mixture of light rain and snow fell during the day. The initial precipitation caused some pockets of freezing rain in the southern coal fields counties of West Virginia near dawn. Numerous vehicular accidents occurred due to light icing from patches of freezing rain in Logan and Boone Counties. For example, the Boone County 911 center reported 15 to 20 vehicular accidents.

The light rain and snow changed to all snow toward sunset.

In the wake of the low center, arctic air poured south causing a quick freeze and lingering snow showers into the night. Snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches were common in many mountain counties, with less in the western lowlands.

Temperatures plummeted into the single digits and lower teens for most of the lowlands with some below zero reading above 3000 feet in elevation.

What forecasters said that day

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 2, 6:05 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 6:05 AM EST, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 2:56 PM EST, 15 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>010-022000-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-
256 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH DAWN WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ON TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES. WIND CHILL HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE POSTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ011-013>020-024>034-039-040-022000-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
256 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH DAWN WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ON TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES. WIND CHILL HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE POSTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ035>038-046-047-022000-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
256 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH DAWN WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ON TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES. WIND CHILL HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE POSTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Logan

When: January 2, 6:30 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Boone

When: January 2, 6:30 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Barbour

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Barbour forecast zone
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Upshur

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Upshur forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Randolph

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Webster

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Nicholas

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Nicholas forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Pocahontas

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Pocahontas forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Taylor

When: January 2, 4:00 PM EST to January 3, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, January 2014

Sources

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: 481904, 481905, 481906, 481907, 481908, 481909, 481910, 481911, 481955.