Heavy Snow — Floyd, Kentucky

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Floyd, Kentucky

Event narrative

Snow fell across Floyd County through the day on January 19th, with steadily increasing accumulations reported. Around midday, public reports included a measured 1.5 inches in the Emma community and an estimated 2.0 inches in Allen. By late afternoon, at 1640EST, a CO-OP observer near Prestonsburg reported a measured 3.2 inches. The highest reported total for the event was an estimated 4.5 inches from a public report at 1930EST, near Jenny Wiley State Park. A final storm total of a measured 3.5 inches was reported the following morning by the CO-OP observer at Prestonsburg 3 WSW.

Wider weather episode

A storm system moving up the coast on January 19th, 2025 transitioned rain to a widespread snow. A period of steady snow in the morning transitioned into more intense, scattered snow bands and squalls during the afternoon and evening before tapering off overnight. The storm produced a distinct northwest-to-southeast snowfall gradient, with accumulations ranging from 1 to 3 inches in the northwest to over 4 to 7 inches in the far southeastern counties, where persistent banding was enhanced by the terrain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1283250. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.