Very cold air for early April followed low pressure across the region. This produced widespread snow showers, with light snow accumulations across much of eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garret county Maryland.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Very cold air for early April followed low pressure across the region. This produced widespread snow showers, with light snow accumulations across much of eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garret county Maryland. In lower elevations a trace to 2 inches of snow fell. In the Laurel Ridges of western Pennsylvania 2 to 5 inches of snow fell, and in the higher elevations of northern West Virginia and Garrett county Maryland 2 to 6 inches of snow fell, with isolated reports over 6 inches.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer at Terra Alta reported 10 inches of snow.
The COOP Observer at Canaan Valley reported 3.8 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 2016
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: 625006, 625005.