Heavy Snow — Harlan, Kentucky

2024-12-02 to 2024-12-03 · Harlan, Kentucky

Event narrative

The Harlan County highway department reported approximately 4 inches of snow accumulation along KY-160 near the Virginia-Kentucky state line just below the summit of Big Black Mountain. Elsewhere within the county, reports were generally lower: approximately 2 inches on US-421 atop Pine Mountain and 0.5 to 1.0 inch in the valleys as per a highway department report from Dayhoit and a CoCoRaHS observer report from 5 miles northeast of Baxter.

Wider weather episode

A weak clipper low clipped eastern Kentucky with a round of mainly light snow for many locations south of the Mountain Parkway from the evening of December 2nd into the morning of December 3rd. Most spots picked up one inch or less of accumulation. However, localized orographic enhancement led to a couple inches of accumulation on top of some of the higher mountains and even a lone 4 inch report near the summit of Big Black Mountain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229388. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.