Ice Storm — Eastern Chesterfield, Virginia

2021-02-13 to 2021-02-14 · Eastern Chesterfield, Virginia

Event narrative

Freezing rain or freezing drizzle resulted in significant ice accretion between 0.25 inch and 0.35 inch across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, with widespread power outages reported due to the ice accretion.

Wider weather episode

The combination of Arctic high pressure ridging into the Mid Atlantic region, and weak low pressure areas tracking across the Carolinas and off the Mid Atlantic coast, resulted in significant ice accretion between 0.25 inch and 0.50 inch due to freezing rain across much of central and south central Virginia, and the Virginia northern neck. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, with widespread power outages reported due to the ice accretion.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 942639. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.