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March 24th-25th, 2018 Snowstorm
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Surface low pressure tracked from the northern Rockies, early March 23rd to the southern Appalachians by early March 25th. This system tapped enough gulf moisture and combined with strong upper level support and energy to provide a narrow but heavy swath of 1.50 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation. Given time of year, this translated into a heavy wet snow with accumulations of 8 to 15 inches, and isolated amounts upwards of 18 inches. This resulted in Significant tree damage and widespread power outages across the area. Some freezing rain and sleet occurred further south into southern Virginia and northwest North Carolina. Tens of thousands were without power in West Virginia into Virginia, and it took several days to get power restored. The last time we had this many outages, was during the derecho in June 2012. |
 Snowfall Analysis from March 24th-25th, 2018 snowstorm |
Snowfall Totals
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********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
NORTH CAROLINA
...Alleghany County...
3 S Bridle Creek 6.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 E Glade Valley 5.5 1130 PM 3/24 Transitioning to sleet
Ennice 5.5 843 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 NNE Twin Oaks 4.2 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SSW Whitehead 4.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Ashe County...
1 SE Flatwood 6.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 WSW Grassy Creek 4.3 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 E Wagoner 4.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Ashland 4.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 SE Fleetwood 3.5 1100 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
...Caswell County...
4 ESE Quick 3.0 630 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 SSE Providence 3.0 100 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NE Camp Springs 2.5 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Rockingham County...
Wentworth 6.0 911 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
2 WNW Stoneville 4.5 830 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 E Monroeton 3.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 E Intelligence 3.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Eden 2.8 633 AM 3/25 Reported via Twitter
1 ENE Reidsville 2.5 1245 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Stokes County...
Lawsonville 7.0 200 AM 3/25 Public
3 SE Westfield 3.8 830 AM 3/25 snow and sleet mixed.
Francisco 3.5 1002 PM 3/24 Social Media
4 NW Germanton 3.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SW Vade Mecum 3.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
King 2.8 845 AM 3/25 Social Media
Danbury 2.5 940 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
...Surry County...
2 NNW Toast 4.1 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Mount Airy 4.0 1200 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 W Bottom 4.0 830 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 SW Westfield 3.2 600 AM 3/25 Public
...Watauga County...
Blowing Rock 4.5 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Todd 4.3 758 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 WNW Sands 4.0 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NE Meat Camp 4.0 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SSE Valle Crucis 2.5 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 ENE Peoria 2.0 1106 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Wilkes County...
1 NNW Wilkesboro 2.0 700 AM 3/25 Law Enforcement
...Yadkin County...
Jonesville 2.0 102 PM 3/25 Law Enforcement
5 N Brooks Crossroad 2.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Yadkinville 2.0 1145 PM 3/24 Law Enforcement
VIRGINIA
...Bedford County...
Moneta 2.0 1030 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
...Bland County...
3 SW Long Spur 16.3 220 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 W Rocky Gap 13.5 724 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Carroll County...
1 NE Galax Hillsvill 11.5 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 SE Gladesboro 10.0 1110 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
4 WNW Hillsville 8.5 933 PM 3/24 Social Media
Hillsville 8.3 1045 PM 3/24 Social Media
1 W Pipers Gap 8.0 845 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 SSE Byllesby 7.1 633 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...City of Danville...
DANVILLE AIRPORT 2.5 215 AM 3/25 ASOS
...City of Martinsville...
Martinsville City 3.0 935 PM 3/24 Law Enforcement
...City of Radford...
Radford 14.0 124 AM 3/25 Reported via FB
1 S Radford 11.0 800 AM 3/25 Public
...City of Roanoke...
2 ENE Cave Spring 4.5 818 AM 3/25 at 1450 feet elevation
1 SW Vinton 3.0 745 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 S ROANOKE AIRPORT 2.0 332 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
...Craig County...
1 ESE Simmonsville 7.0 748 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Floyd County...
2 SSE Pilot 15.0 1100 PM 3/24 3" in the past hour
4 NE Alum Ridge 15.0 806 AM 3/25 Social Media
Indian Valley 14.5 410 AM 3/25 Submitted via FB
2 S Terrys Fork 14.3 115 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 SE Terrys Fork 11.5 745 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 SW Indian Valley 11.5 815 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 N Meadows Of Dan 11.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Copper Hill 11.0 837 AM 3/25 Social Media
5 NW Woolwine 10.5 950 PM 3/24 Social Media
Floyd 9.0 1000 PM 3/24 Social Media
2 S Pilot 9.0 840 PM 3/24 Public
5 WSW Callaway 8.0 930 PM 3/24 CoCoRaHS
...Franklin County...
Oak Level 7.0 717 AM 3/25 Social Media
Callaway 6.8 751 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 NNE Oak Level 6.0 400 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 NE Rocky Mount 5.8 245 AM 3/25 Public
Snow Creek 5.5 846 AM 3/25 Public
3 SE Rocky Mount 5.0 400 AM 3/25 Public
2 SSW Rocky Mount 5.0 600 AM 3/25 Public
...Giles County...
Pearisburg 12.0 839 AM 3/25 Social Media
Poplar Hill 11.8 1200 AM 3/25 Public
3 SW Eggleston 11.2 845 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Pembroke 11.0 741 AM 3/25 Social Media
3 ENE Eggleston 10.9 441 AM 3/25 Public
1 NE Pearisburg 10.1 1115 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 SE Mountain Lake 8.2 1100 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 S Kimballton 8.2 745 AM 3/25 Public
1 SE Narrows 8.0 830 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 SSE Kimballton 7.4 1230 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Grayson County...
4 SSW Spring Valley 9.8 1130 AM 3/25 Public
5 NW Baywood 8.0 1000 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 WNW Fries 6.0 1130 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
Mouth Of Wilson 5.0 900 PM 3/24 Public
...Henry County...
3 N Sanville 7.0 300 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NW Chatmoss 5.6 1130 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 SSE Figsboro 5.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NNE Leatherwood 5.0 730 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Ridgeway 5.0 842 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 SE Axton 4.5 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SE Spencer 4.0 1045 PM 3/24 During past 6 hours
...Montgomery County...
2 S Pilot 16.2 1000 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NNE Childress 12.0 1035 PM 3/24 Social Media
2 SW Christiansburg 12.0 730 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Blacksburg 11.6 800 AM 3/25 NWS Blacksburg Office.
Christiansburg 11.0 838 AM 3/25 Social Media
4 ENE Childress 10.0 730 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Prices Fork 9.5 1050 PM 3/24 Social Media
2 NE BLACKSBURG 9.5 130 AM 3/25 NWS Employee
2 SE Blacksburg 9.3 330 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 NNW Blacksburg 9.3 600 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 N Blacksburg 9.3 845 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
5 NNE Blacksburg 9.3 1245 AM 3/25 10" snow depth
2 WSW Blacksburg 8.5 1230 AM 3/25 Social Media
3 N Blacksburg 8.0 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 S Christiansburg 7.0 1015 PM 3/24 Social Media
...Patrick County...
4 NW Ararat 8.0 700 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 S Charity 8.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 NW Sanville 7.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 N Collinstown 6.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 SE Stuart 5.0 830 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
4 ESE Buffalo Ridge 4.0 915 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
4 SSW Critz 4.0 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Pittsylvania County...
4 ESE Swansonville 5.0 801 AM 3/25 Whitmell VA.
5 NE Cascade 4.5 1000 AM 3/25 near Brosville
...Pulaski County...
Dublin 14.0 219 AM 3/25 Reported via FB
2 SSE Dublin 14.0 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SSE Graysontown 13.9 810 AM 3/25 near snowville
2 NW Copper Valley 13.9 700 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 E Fairlawn 13.0 200 AM 3/25 Public
2 WNW Graysontown 13.0 150 AM 3/25 Public
1 E Draper 12.1 615 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 WNW Radford 12.0 1145 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
Pulaski 12.0 1100 PM 3/24 Social Media
Graysontown 11.8 1046 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 ENE Pulaski 10.0 1015 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
3 WNW Fairlawn 9.3 230 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Roanoke County...
3 ESE Elliston 6.8 230 AM 3/25 Reported via Twitter
1 WNW Bradshaw 6.5 700 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 W Poages Mill 5.6 245 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Bent Mountain 5.0 840 PM 3/24 Social Media
3 ESE Elliston-Lafay 5.0 1145 PM 3/24 Social Media
Catawba 4.0 956 PM 3/24 Social Media
Cave Spring 4.0 153 AM 3/25 Reported via Twitter
3 ESE Cave Spring 3.8 753 AM 3/25 Kevin Myatt
2 SSW Laymantown 3.0 158 AM 3/25 Public
3 N Salem City 2.8 700 AM 3/25 Public
...Smyth County...
2 N Adwolf 4.0 1030 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
...Tazewell County...
Jewell Ridge 12.0 909 AM 3/25 WVVA Viewer report
Bluefield 10.0 858 AM 3/25 viewer report
2 ESE Tiptop 9.0 618 AM 3/25 Social Media
3 NW Tazewell 8.5 958 PM 3/24 Public
...Wythe County...
1 N Wytheville 14.0 1157 PM 3/24 Transitioning into rain
1 NNW Wytheville 13.5 1006 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
1 NNW WYTHEVILLE 13.1 1014 PM 3/24 Co-Op Observer
Rural Retreat 13.0 1135 PM 3/24 Social Media
Wytheville 13.0 1025 PM 3/24 Social Media
2 WSW Wytheville 12.0 940 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
WEST VIRGINIA
...Greenbrier County...
Alderson 4.0 1219 PM 3/25 Dept of Highways
...Mercer County...
2 ESE BLUEFIELD 17.0 1257 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
1 N Bluefield 15.5 930 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 WNW Mercer County 15.0 907 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
Princeton 14.0 857 AM 3/25 viewer report
2 E Princeton 13.0 745 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 W Princeton 13.0 1030 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 WSW Princeton 12.5 1015 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 NE Athens 12.5 1110 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
2 NNE Montcalm 12.0 930 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
Athens 12.0 840 AM 3/25 Social Media
Bluefield 12.0 1117 PM 3/24 Social Media
2 W Princeton 12.0 815 AM 3/25 Public
1 S Athens 11.5 445 AM 3/25 Public
2 SW Lerona 10.0 1030 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
...Monroe County...
2 SSW Red Sulphur Sp 10.0 840 AM 3/25 near ballard wv
Peterstown 8.0 1214 PM 3/25 Dept of Highways
1 WNW Red Sulphur Sp 6.5 1152 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
Lindside 6.0 1219 PM 3/25 Dept of Highways
3 ENE Wayside 4.8 1200 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Sweet Springs 3.2 730 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Summers County...
1 E Pipestem 9.0 1027 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
1 E Talcott 7.0 901 AM 3/25 Broadcast Media
1 N Pipestem 6.0 1010 PM 3/24 Trained Spotter
Hinton 4.3 1014 PM 3/24 Social Media
***********************STORM TOTAL ICE***********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
ICE OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
NORTH CAROLINA
...Alleghany County...
3 ESE Whitehead 0.10 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 S Bridle Creek T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 NNE Twin Oaks T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SSW Whitehead T 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Ashe County...
1 SE Flatwood 0.10 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 WSW Grassy Creek T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
3 E Wagoner T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Ashland T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
...Watauga County...
3 W Blowing Rock 0.30 1030 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 W Boone 0.18 800 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Todd 0.13 758 AM 3/25 Social Media
2 WNW Sands 0.10 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 NE Meat Camp T 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
2 ENE Peoria T 1106 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 SSE Valle Crucis T 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
Blowing Rock T 915 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
VIRGINIA
...Carroll County...
1 NE Galax Hillsvill T 900 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
1 W Pipers Gap T 845 AM 3/25 Trained Spotter
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