Cold air poured into the region behind a cold front during the overnight hours of February 26th into the 27th, with rain changing over to snow. While most areas received minor accumulation, west-northwest flow provided higher snow totals in upslope-prone areas.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Cold air poured into the region behind a cold front during the overnight hours of February 26th into the 27th, with rain changing over to snow. While most areas received minor accumulation, west-northwest flow provided higher snow totals in upslope-prone areas. Several inches of accumulation were observed into the morning of the 27th, with eastern Tucker County receiving warning-level snow totals in excess of 8 inches.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A total of 3.5 inches was reported at Gladesville.
Two inches of accumulation was reported by a CoCoRaHS observer 1 mile east of Kingwood.
COOP observers reported a total of 8.6 inches of snow 3 miles south of Canaan Heights, and 8.3 inches at Davis.
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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: 878734, 878738, 878744.