Winter Storm — Bland, Virginia

2018-03-24 to 2018-03-25 · Bland, Virginia

Event narrative

Snowfall totals across the county include 13.5 inches one mile west of Rocky Gap and 16.3 inches three miles southwest of Long Spur. Approximately 2700 electric customers lost power.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure tracked eastward from the Tennessee Valley to the coast of the Carolinas, before swinging northward along the U.S. east coast. Initially, temperatures were warm enough for rain to fall, but as colder air worked its way into the area behind the departing low pressure, the precipitation changed over to snow. Late in the event, warmer air just off the surface worked its way into parts of the area resulting in a period of freezing rain across Carroll County. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to 10 inches just east of the crest of the Blue Ridge and parts of the Grayson Highlands to 10 to 16 inches across the New River Valley. Freezing rain accretion was a trace. A total of 58,000 electric customers were without power. State police reported twenty-four crashes in its Wytheville district and four in its Salem district.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 747682. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.