Heavy Snow — Martin, Kentucky

2025-01-10 to 2025-01-11 · Martin, Kentucky

Event narrative

Snow began falling in Martin County on the afternoon of January 10th and continued in some areas until after midnight. The following morning, on January 11th, storm total reports indicated a north-to-south increase in snowfall amounts. Reports from the northern part of the county included 2.3 inches of measured new snow from the CO-OP Observer (Inez 2E) and approximately 3.0 inches from the Highway Department 1 mile west-northwest of Inez. A higher total was reported in the southern part of the county, where the Highway Department noted approximately 4.0 inches of snow along KY-292.

Wider weather episode

A complex winter storm impacted eastern Kentucky on January 10th and 11th, 2025. The event featured the interaction of a northern stream weather system with a plume of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Snow began to spread across the region on the morning of the 10th, becoming widespread and significant by the afternoon. The peak of the event occurred during the evening of the 10th, with bands of heavy snow producing snowfall rates of up to one inch per hour at times, particularly across southern and southeastern counties. By the morning of the 11th, the steady snow had tapered off from west to east, ending as flurries. The storm produced a widespread snowfall of 3 to 5 inches, with the highest totals of up to 7 inches amplified by orographic lift in the highest terrain of the southeastern mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1283130. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.