Heavy Snow — Eastern Greenbrier, West Virginia

2024-01-15 to 2024-01-16 · Eastern Greenbrier, West Virginia

Event narrative

Snowfall accumulations ranged from four to six inches across eastern Greenbrier county, including a report of 6.0 inches in Alvon. West Virginia State Highway 92 became covered in ice and snow, and several traffic accidents occurred along the highway. Key impacts: traffic delays and accidents along with scattered 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 1155420. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.