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Winter Weather in Russell, Virginia

Winter Weather January 24, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Russell, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

Light snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell in Russell County, resulting in 0.2 inches of freezing rain accumulation in Lebanon. Frozen or freezing precipitation came in two bouts that bookend the liquid rain.

The wider storm

Broad scale upper lift led to a complex winter storm across southwestern Virginia, with onset precipitation of snow transitioning to a long period of freezing rain and icing conditions. Precipitation eventually changed over in all locations to rain. On the backside of the system another bout of light snowfall occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1315016. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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