Heavy Snow Blankets Southeast Kentucky late February 12th and 13th

Another powerful winter storm impacted the southern and eastern U.S. as low pressure moved from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday February 12th and up the East Coast through early Friday morning February 14th.

On the backside of this system, heavy snowfall affected much of east Tennessee, western Virginia, West Virginia and southeast Kentucky.  Here locally, while the far northern and far western coal fields did not see a flake, locations near the Virginia border received large amounts of snow.  In fact several locations in Letcher, Pike and Harlan counties saw more than ten inches of snow.

The following map shows a summary of snowfall reports received by NWS Jackson, KY through around noon on Thursday February 13th, when most of the accumulating snow had ended.  A listing of some of the highest totals follows the map, including the time of the measurement (these totals may not be the final amount for each location).  A big thanks goes out to our dedicated coooperative weather observers, trained weather spotters and amatuer radio operators for their timely reports. Also, much appreciation for emergency personel and the general public for their reports as well.

***********************SNOWFALL REPORTS***********************

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
 14.00   JENKINS                  KY  LETCHER          1000 AM
 12.00   MOUTHCARD                KY  PIKE             0800 AM
 12.00   DORTON                   KY  PIKE             0800 AM
 11.50   3 SW ASHCAMP             KY  PIKE             1115 AM
 11.00   MOUSIE                   KY  KNOTT            1206 PM
 11.00   1 ENE HARDY              KY  PIKE             1049 AM
 11.00   CUMBERLAND               KY  HARLAN           0900 AM
 11.00   1 SE PHELPS              KY  PIKE             0800 AM
 11.00   ELKHORN CITY             KY  PIKE             0800 AM
 10.50   BENHAM                   KY  HARLAN           0900 AM
 10.00   2 W MOUTHCARD            KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  9.00   WHEELWRIGHT              KY  FLOYD            1200 PM
  9.00   WALLINS CREEK            KY  HARLAN           1038 AM
  9.00   THORNTON                 KY  LETCHER          1037 AM
  9.00   MARROWBONE               KY  PIKE             0900 AM
  9.00   ROCKHOUSE                KY  PIKE             0900 AM
  9.00   HALLIE                   KY  LETCHER          0900 AM
  8.50   PIKEVILLE                KY  PIKE             1130 AM
  8.50   COLSON                   KY  LETCHER          0900 AM
  8.50   LOOKOUT                  KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  8.50   2 SE DORTON              KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  8.00   DELPHIA                  KY  PERRY            1219 PM
  8.00   FOREST HILLS             KY  PIKE             0932 AM
  8.00   MAYKING                  KY  LETCHER          0930 AM
  8.00   THORNTON                 KY  LETCHER          0915 AM
  8.00   1 W VIRGIE               KY  PIKE             0900 AM
  8.00   KIMPER                   KY  PIKE             0900 AM
  8.00   HATFIELD STATION         KY  PIKE             0837 AM
  8.00   META                     KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  8.00   SHELBY GAP               KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  7.50   3 NW BLACKEY             KY  LETCHER          1120 AM
  7.50   1 S BUSKIRK              KY  PIKE             0900 AM
  7.50   6 SE HARLAN              KY  HARLAN           0847 AM
  7.50   1 SE CANADA              KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  7.50   PIKEVILLE                KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  7.50   4 NW BELCHER             KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  7.30   FRAKES                   KY  BELL             1041 AM
  7.00   RED STAR                 KY  LETCHER          0900 AM
  7.00   BLACKEY                  KY  LETCHER          0900 AM
  7.00   CANADA                   KY  PIKE             0800 AM
  7.00   THORNTON                 KY  LETCHER          0700 AM
  7.00   2 SE WHITESBURG          KY  LETCHER          0700 AM
  6.20   PIKEVILLE                KY  PIKE             0700 AM
  6.00   AMBURGEY                 KY  KNOTT            1020 AM
  6.00   CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS      KY  BELL             0920 AM
  6.00   SMILAX                   KY  LESLIE           0900 AM
  6.00   1 SE SKYLINE             KY  LETCHER          0700 AM
  6.00   JENKINS                  KY  LETCHER          0700 AM
  5.50   VIPER                    KY  PERRY            0900 AM
  5.50   1 S HARLAN               KY  HARLAN           0700 AM
  5.00   FREDVILLE                KY  FLOYD            1200 PM
  5.00   3 WSW SANDY FORK         KY  BELL             1026 AM
  5.00   BEVERLY                  KY  BELL             1026 AM
  5.00   HAZARD                   KY  PERRY            0916 AM
  5.00   LEBURN                   KY  KNOTT            0900 AM
  5.00   VIPER                    KY  PERRY            0900 AM
  5.00   LOVELY                   KY  MARTIN           0900 AM
  5.00   COAL RUN                 KY  PIKE             0800 AM

Finally, here's a look at the snowfall produced by this system across the eastern U.S. for the 48 hour period ending Friday morning...