Winter Weather, Randolph
- When
- February 12, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Winter Weather and Cold in West Virginia, February 12 to 13, 2015
Snow showers fell on either side of an arctic cold front. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were common during the day and into the evening of the 12th across Randolph, Webster, and Pocahontas Counties.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Snow showers fell on either side of an arctic cold front. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were common during the day and into the evening of the 12th across Randolph, Webster, and Pocahontas Counties. Lesser amounts fell elsewhere. Winds increased into the 15 to 25 mph range during the afternoon and evening, as the snow showers diminished to flurries. Wind chill readings dropped into the minus 10 to minus 15 degree range during the overnight periods across these central mountain counties. With clearing before dawn on the 13th, the actual air temperatures fell mostly into the zero to 5 below zero range. However, Elkins did reach 6 below zero. On the mountaintop at Snowshoe the temperature fell to 10 below zero.
Some schools were delayed or canceled.
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 Feb 12, 6:08 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 6:08 AM EST, 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 4:07 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 VAZ003-004-WVZ013-014-024>026-033-034-130915- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...SPREADING LIGHT SNOWFALL INTO THE REGION...AND USHERING IN MUCH COLDER AIR. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ046-047-130915- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY...CREATING ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...IF THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL INCREASES...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-130915- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VERY COLD AIR WILL USHER INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ008>011-015>020-027>032-035-036-130915- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY...CREATING LIGHT SNOWFALL...AND USHERING IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR SNOWFALL AND WIND CHILLS MAY BE NECESSARY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ037>040-130915- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 407 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...CREATING SNOW AND USHERING IN MUCH COLDER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL MAY BE NECESSARY ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A WIND CHILL WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
Event by event
3 winter weather, 3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Pocahontas
- When
- February 12, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Winter Weather, Webster
- When
- February 12, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph
- When
- February 12, 9:00 PM EST to February 13, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Cold/Wind Chill, Pocahontas
- When
- February 12, 9:00 PM EST to February 13, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- February 12, 9:00 PM EST to February 13, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 12, 2015
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 12 to 13, 2015
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2015
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 12 to 13, 2015
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 12 to 13, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Indiana, February 12, 2015
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 12, 2015
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12, 2015
- Winter Weather in Michigan, February 12, 2015
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 12, 2015
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2015
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: 551911, 551912, 551913, 551914, 551915, 551916.