An exiting upper-level trough continued to bring dangerous cold weather to the ridges of West Virginia. With surface temperatures in the single digits above 4,000ft in Tucker County, and sustain winds of 20-25mph/gusts above 30mph wind chill values stay below -10F for over 3 hours.
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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.
An exiting upper-level trough continued to bring dangerous cold weather to the ridges of West Virginia. With surface temperatures in the single digits above 4,000ft in Tucker County, and sustain winds of 20-25mph/gusts above 30mph wind chill values stay below -10F for over 3 hours.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A combination of wind and cold air dropped wind chill values to Advisory criteria early December 26th. Lowest wind chill value measured was -16F in Red Creek, WV.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, December 2022
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: 1069050.