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Heavy Snow in Eastern Greenbrier, West Virginia

Heavy Snow March 12, 2018 · Eastern Greenbrier, West Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall totals across the eastern part of the county include 4.0 inches five miles west-southwest at Ronceverte, 5.0 inches at Lewisburg, Rupert, Maxelton, and four miles north of Alvon, and 5.5 inches two miles northwest of Lewisburg.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure tracked northeast along the U.S. east coast. Ample moisture wrapped westward around this low where it encountered temperatures cold enough at all levels of the atmosphere to produce widespread snowfall. Storm total snowfall amounts averaged five to seven inches across most of southeast West Virginia with some isolated eight inch amounts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 747435. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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