Heavy Snow — Summers, West Virginia

2024-01-15 to 2024-01-16 · Summers, West Virginia

Event narrative

Snowfall accumulations ranged from four to eight inches across Summers county, including a report of 8.0 inches in Ellison. Key impacts: traffic delays and accidents, as well as isolated power outages.

Wider weather episode

An upper level storm system entered the Mid Mississippi Valley late January 14 into early January 15 with a nearly stationary front across the Carolinas. A wave of low pressure moving east along the front combined with sub-freezing temperatures helped generate accumulating snow that began before the morning commute hours and continued into the evening of the 15th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1155417. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.