Winter Weather — Floyd, Kentucky

2020-01-07 · Floyd, Kentucky

Wider weather episode

A band of precipitation developed across the Tennessee Valley late on January 6th and moved into southeast Kentucky overnight into the 7th. A mix of rain and snow occurred, with locations in central portions of far eastern Kentucky seeing the greatest snowfall totals and associated travel impacts. Several schools were closed as roads briefly became slick during the peak of the morning commute. Bays Branch Road, off of U.S. Highway 23 leading to Highlands Regional Medical Center, in Prestonsburg was closed for a couple of hours due to an accident. A man passed away as a result of an almost head-on collision with a sheriff's deputy, while the deputy sustained only minor injuries.

A sampling of snowfall totals follows below:

- Inez (Martin County): 3.0 inches

- Hatfield (Pike County): 2.8 inches

- Hode (Martin County): 2.5 inches

- Drift (Floyd County): 2.5 inches

- Denver (Johnson County): 2.0 inches

- 3 WSW Prestonsburg (Floyd County): 1.5 inches

- Dotson (Floyd County): 1.2 inches

- NWS Office in Jackson (Breathitt County): 1.2 inches

- Paintsville (Johnson County): 1.0 inch.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 863926. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.