Winter Storm — Eastern Mineral, West Virginia

2021-02-10 to 2021-02-11 · Eastern Mineral, West Virginia

Wider weather episode

Low pressure passed through the area while high pressure to the north supplied cold air. The heaviest snow occurred over the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia toward the Allegheny Highlands in Mineral and Grant Counties, just north from the surface low. Snowfall averaged between 4 to 8 inches for most of these areas, although there was a report of 9 inches at Bayard. Elsewhere, snowfall averaged around 1 to 3 inches. There was also a light glaze of ice in the Allegheny Highlands as warmer air worked its way in aloft allowing the snow to end as a period of light freezing rain and freezing drizzle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 937431. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.