Heavy Snow in Wise, Virginia

Heavy Snow January 19, 2025 – January 20, 2025 · Wise, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter in Coeburn reported heavy snowfall totaling 7.2 inches of snow shortly before midnight. Snow bands became increasingly lighter and spotty thereafter. Additionally, the COOP observer at North Fork Lake recorded 2.5 inches of snow, and the COOP observer in Big Stone Gap recorded an inch of snowfall.

The wider storm

A strong cold front brought post frontal snow to southwest Virginia, followed by several hours of highly banded northwest flow snow showers, leading to significant accumulations for mainly elevated locations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1235948. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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