Winter Weather — Southeast Pocahontas, West Virginia

2018-03-12 to 2018-03-13 · Southeast Pocahontas, West Virginia

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system crossed southern West Virginia on the 12th. A mesoscale snow band set up in the I-64 corridor, resulting in a very tight band of extremely heavy snow. At times, snowfall rates were in the 2-3 inches per hour range. This band stretched from Lincoln County east into Nicholas and Webster Counties. The highest accumulations were in Nicholas County where 10 to 18 inches of snow accumulated. The 18 inch report was in Calvin, with 16 inches measured in Muddlety. Farther south and west, generally 4 to 8 inches fell from southern Wayne County through Raleigh and Fayette counties. Fayetteville received 7.5 inches, with 8 inches measured in White Oak in Raleigh County. A social media user near Harriet in Clay County measured 9.2 inches, while in Boone County amounts ranged from 5 inches in Madison to 7 inches near Ashford. In Kanawha County, there was quite a range, with 8 inches measured by the Fire Department in Hansford, generally 4 inches in the southern sections of Charleston, and only 1 to 2 inches across the northwestern part of the county. In Lincoln County, 6 inches was measured near Harts, with 8 inches accumulating near Alkol. And in Wayne County, snowfall ranged from just over an inch across the north, to around 4 inched near Dunlow in southern Wayne County.

Northwest flow behind this system lead to a prolonged upslope snow even for the ridges of the northern mountains. The cooperative observer at Snowshoe measured over 2 feet of snow from the 12th through the 14th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 734937. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.