Heavy Snow in Northwest Webster, West Virginia

A quick moving clipper system dropped down from the Great Lakes on the evening of February 16th, bringing accumulating snow to West Virginia into the next day. Daytime heating allowed temperatures to be warm enough at the onset of precipitation to start off as rain, but after sunset a transition to snow occurred. The disturbance that promoted snow quickly moved off the coast of New England on the morning of February 17th, but light snow showers prevailed longer into that day under northwesterly flow. High pressure then expanded into the Central Appalachians and cut off additional showers by that evening.

The highest amount of snow fell along the northeast West Virginia mountains, with parts of Randolph, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties receiving between 5 to 8 inches. The Department of Highways reported the highest snowfall totals, measuring nine inches of snow near Webster Springs in Webster County and ten inches in Upshur County. In the lower elevations, generally only one to three inches of snow fell.