Winter Weather — Alleghany, Virginia

2024-01-09 · Alleghany, Virginia

Event narrative

A light coating of sleet and freezing rain led to vehicle accidents on Interstate 64 in the Mallow area of Covington. Key impacts: traffic delays and accidents.

Wider weather episode

An upper level storm system moved from the Central United States into the eastern United States through January 9. At the surface, a warm front with a trailing area of low pressure, lifted north through western North Carolina during the morning into the early afternoon hours. North of this front, precipitation initially fell as freezing rain and/or sleet resulting in light ice accumulations in some of the higher elevation areas in southwest Virginia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1154724. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.