Very cold air surging southeast from the Great lakes combined with an upper level disturbance produced widespread snow showers across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland. Much of the region received a coating to an inch of snow, while snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 7 inches across Garrett county Maryland, as well as Eastern Tucker and…
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Very cold air surging southeast from the Great lakes combined with an upper level disturbance produced widespread snow showers across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland. Much of the region received a coating to an inch of snow, while snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 7 inches across Garrett county Maryland, as well as Eastern Tucker and Preston counties in West Virginia.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 4:26 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1130 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-075-WVZ001>004-012-021- 509-081530- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM- GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-WASHINGTON-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 1130 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME . .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ041-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-073-081530- COLUMBIANA-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND- 1130 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ001-PAZ074-076-WVZ510>514-081530- GARRETT-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- 1130 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING NEAR 45 MPH ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS SATURDAY FROM THE NORTHWEST...THIS COULD LEAD TO DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER FLUCTUATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE RIDGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 98
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The COOP observer at Canaan Valley reported 7 inches of snow.
The COOP observer at Terra Alta reported 3 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 625015, 625014.