Bland storm history

A vehicle with a single occupant was pushed off of Kimberling Road into deeper water as Kimberling Creek flooded at least 2 feet over the roadway. The occupant attempted to abandon the vehicle, but was swept away by the flooding and passed away. Nearby, Wesendonck Road was observ…

Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds across Route 42.

Thunderstorm winds downed one tree on the 3800 block of East Blue Grass Trail.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree along the 800 block of Wilderness Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Wilderness Road and Kimberling Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree on Niday Drive.

Numerous trees were blown down by non-thunderstorm winds around Bland County.

Between 3 and 4 inches of snow fell across Bland County from February 11 through February 12. A trace of ice accumulation was also observed in the town of Bland. Over 1700 customers had lost power by 5 AM on February 13. Key Impacts: power outages, downed trees, road closures.

Around three inches of snow fell in Bland County by the night of January 5th, and a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated. Over 850 customers had lost power by the late morning of January 6th Key Impacts: power outages and traffic accidents.

Hundres of trees were downed by high winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Helene, including a massive swath of trees just off Wesendonck Road and in the Little Creek Road area. Nearly 4,000 customers were reported without power at the peak of the high winds. Agricultur…

Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in the Ceres area.

Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds around the town of Bland.

Heavy rain caused Laurel Creek to flood out of its banks and enter two homes on Laurel Fork Road. Portions of the road were also flooded and impassible. The property damage is the damage estimate of flooding inside the homes. No injuries were reported.

A personal weather station (Weather Underground: KVABLAND12) recorded a storm-total rainfall amount of 4.04 inches during about 26 hours ending at noon EST on the 29th. This is around a 10-year Average Recurrence Interval event per NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequency esti…

Wind gusts downed trees throughout the county and brought down at least one power line. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm wind downed two trees down across a road, blocking the flow of traffic. Damage values are estimated.

One tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds on Wilderness Road.

A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Little Creek Highway.

Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees.

One tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on Wilderness Road.

Thunderstorm winds brought down a swath of several trees throughout Bland County.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Ceres School Road and the Blue Grass Trail.

Reports from trained spotters and the public ranged from 3 to 6 inches of snow across the county, with up to a quarter of an inch of sleet in addition. Highest reports came from Bastian and Bland. Key Impacts: Icy roads, power outages, snow covered roads, traffic delays.

Snowfall reports from trained spotters and the public ranged from 4 to 5.7 inches across the county. Key Impacts: Dangerous snow covered roads, traffic delays.

Skywarn-trained weather spotters and members of the general public observed ice accumulations from freezing rain ranging from 0.13 to 0.25 inches in thickness across portions of Bland County, including around the communities of Long Spur and Rocky Gap. Sleet accumulations of 1 to…

Mixed precipitation amounts across the county ranged from 4.6 inches of snowfall three miles southwest of Long Spur to 5.0 inches of snowfall one mile west southwest of Bastian with 0.01 inches of ice accumulation from freezing rain measured oine mile west southwest of Bastian. K…

Snowfall totals across the county ranged between 3.8 inches 3 miles southwest of Long Spur to 6.0 inches two miles east-southeast of Ceres. Key impacts: slippery roads and sidewalks.

A severe storm produced damaging wind gusts, knocking a tree down on Wilderness Road.

A severe storm produced damaging winds, knocking a tree down on Grapefield Road near the intersection of Rayford Lane.

A CWOP gage in Bland recorded 2.76 inches of rain in the 24-hour period ending 800 AM on the 13th. A nearby automated gage also reported 2.52 inches.

Several streams were out of banks and roads covered by flood waters.

Multiple trees were blown down along Route 42 west of the the town of Bland due to thunderstorm winds.

The Bland County 911 Center reported a large tree blown down by high winds along Little Creek Highway outside the community of Bland. High winds also blew down a power pole in the same area.

Severe drought (D2) was depicted across nearly all of Bland County on the U.S. Drought Monitor from October 1st to October 22nd. An extremely dry and very warm September led to the worsening conditions in the county. Impacts were primarily agricultural and included pasture losses…

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree along Interstate 77 near Rocky Gap.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree on Grapefield Road about one mile west of Hicksville.

Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple power lines on Skydusky Road near the intersection with Route 42.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Wilderness Road and Route 42.

Numerous trees were reported blown down across the county, with a few falling onto power lines.

A winter storm produced freezing rain, sleet and snow in Bland county. Ice from freezing rain reached a thickness of 0.1 inches and sleet accumulated to a depth of 1 inch, while snow reports ranged from 0.5 to 3.4 inches across the county.

A winter storm brought a combination of mainly freezing rain and snow. Ice accumulations from freezing rain were around 0.25 inches thick across most of the county. Snow accumulations, mixed with small amounts of sleet, varied from 1.0 to 1.5 inches.

Snowfall accumulations ranged from 14.2 inches about three miles southwest of Long Spur to 17.0 inches at Bland.

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.

Snowfall totals across the county include 3.5 inches one mile west-southwest of Bastian, 4.0 inches one mile west of Rocky Gap, three miles southwest of Long Spur, and one mile north-northeast of Ceres.

Winds blew at least one dozen trees down in the county. Damage values are estimated.

Three trees were blown down at the intersection of Little Creek Highway and Smith Hollow Road by thunderstorm winds.

Wolf Creek was reported out of its banks along Eagles Road.

Several trees were blown down across Bland County by thunderstorm winds.

Strong winds brought trees down on Wilderness Creek Road and Grapefield Road.