Heavy Snow — Tyler, West Virginia

2024-01-19 to 2024-01-20 · Tyler, West Virginia

Wider weather episode

After a few days of dry weather behind a snow storm that occurred on January 15th and 16th, a new low pressure system crossed into the Ohio Valley beginning on the late evening of January 18th. This brought renewed snow showers, both moderate and heavy in nature, to West Virginia, and would continue through the 20th of January. Impacts from snow began to take shape on the morning of the 19th when the best moisture fetch off the Great Lakes ventured in along northwesterly flow.

Snow totals of at least 6 to 8 inches transpired across north-central West Virginia and along the mountains. Accumulations of 10 to 12 inches were observed in Barbour and Nicholas Counties, but Webster County recorded the highest snowfall total of 21 inches from this disturbance along Point Mountain thanks to a member of the public. Parts of central and southern West Virginia also received snow amounts of 4 to 6 inches before the event was through. These snow showers imposed travel impacts to the end of the work week commute and into the start of the weekend as well.

Snow gradually wrapped up from west to east on the morning of January 20th as high pressure settled into the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1156307. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.