West Virginia, 2025

Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2025

January 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS LWX · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

An area of low pressure moved across southern Virginia bringing a period of snow during the daylight hours of January 19. Upslope snow showers continued overnight across the higher terrain of West Virginia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
11

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.

An area of low pressure moved across southern Virginia bringing a period of snow during the daylight hours of January 19. Upslope snow showers continued overnight across the higher terrain of West Virginia. Rain and sleet mixed in initially at the onset of precipitation. Snowfall accumulations averaged 4 to 7 inches across the eastern panhandle of West Virginia outside of the mountains. In the mountains, amounts of 6 to 12 inches were observed, with up to 18 inches across far western Grant and western Pendleton counties.. Winds gusted to 45 mph across the higher terrain resulting in significant blowing and drifting snow.

What forecasters said that day

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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 18, 9:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 9:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

10 winter storm, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Western Grant

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Western Grant forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.105, -79.196 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Pendleton

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Western Pendleton forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.681, -79.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Morgan

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Morgan forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Berkeley

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Berkeley forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Jefferson

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hardy

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Hardy forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.008, -78.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hampshire

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Hampshire forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Eastern Grant

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Grant forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.105, -79.196 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Eastern Mineral

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Mineral forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.415, -78.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Mineral

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Western Mineral forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.415, -78.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Pendleton

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Pendleton forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.681, -79.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 1223647, 1223648, 1223649, 1223652, 1223653, 1223654, 1223655, 1223656, 1223657, 1223658, 1223679.