Winter Weather — Smyth, Virginia

2025-01-03 to 2025-01-04 · Smyth, Virginia

Event narrative

Around three inches of snow fell across Smyth County. Roads became slick and hazardous, and there were several vehicle accidents reported during the evening of January 3. Key Impacts: hazardous driving conditions, traffic accidents.

Wider weather episode

A clipper system tracked from the Ohio Valley into the Central Appalachians Thursday into Friday. The associated upper level disturbance enhanced lift across the area, resulting in snow beginning to fall on the morning of January 3rd and continuing through the day.

Bands of brief heavy snow brought localized higher amounts of snow, and northwest winds behind the passage of the clipper system resulted in upslope flow and additional snowfall.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230156. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.