Winter Storm — Kanawha, West Virginia

2003-02-16 to 2003-02-17 · Kanawha, West Virginia

Wider weather episode

Heavy rains of the 14th into the 15th changed to sleet and freezing rain, then ended as snow. Accumulations of freezing rain were at least a quarter of an inch, but sleet and snow resulted in the final accumulation of 1 to 4 inches. Sleet accumulated about 3 inches in the city of Charleston during Sunday afternoon, the 16th. A canopy, over the gasoline pumps at a Charleston convenience store, collapsed during Sunday night. The WVAH TV tower on Coal Mountain in western Kanawha County came crashing down on the 19th, still caked in ice. The building housing the transmitter was also destroyed by the collapse. The station estimated 1.5 million dollars in damage. A communication town for Wayne County on German Ridge near Lavalette also fell as a result of the ice.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5341565. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.