A snow shower pattern continued into the 28th of February, thanks to several mechanisms. Low-level convergence along a weak surface trough produced some snow showers near the I-70 corridor and south, with upslope influence providing additional support for snow along the Allegheny Front.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A snow shower pattern continued into the 28th of February, thanks to several mechanisms. Low-level convergence along a weak surface trough produced some snow showers near the I-70 corridor and south, with upslope influence providing additional support for snow along the Allegheny Front. Three to six inches of accumulation was noted in many of the higher elevation areas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
One to three inches of accumulation was observed over the previous 24 hours, with a 12-hour total of 3 inches reported by a trained spotter at Albright.
Totals of just under 4 inches of accumulation were reported by COOP observers at Davis (3.9 inches) and 3 miles south of Canaan Heights (3.6 inches) in 24 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2020
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: 878762, 878763.