In the wake of a cold front, strong northwesterly flow and very cold temperatures created a favorable environment for localized high levels of snowfall in the mountains of southeastern WV.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
In the wake of a cold front, strong northwesterly flow and very cold temperatures created a favorable environment for localized high levels of snowfall in the mountains of southeastern WV.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 6:38 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 VAZ007-009>013-018>020-WVZ042>044-507-170900- Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath- Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are requested to report flooding or wind damage in their area. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>017-022>024-035-170900- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke- Botetourt-Rockbridge-Amherst- 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are requested to report flooding, or wind damage in their area. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-170900- Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Henry-Pittsylvania- Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte- 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are requested to report wind damage in their area. WVZ508-170900- Western Greenbrier- 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. Winter Weather Advisory. Cold Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. Winter Weather Advisory. Cold Weather Advisory. Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are requested to report flooding or wind damage in their area. VAZ032>034-170900- Patrick-Franklin-Bedford- 357 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Warning. Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are requested to report wind damage in their area.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven inches of snow were observed in Quinwood, West Virginia. Key Impacts - Localized road closures.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2025
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: 1237362.