Overview
Low pressure moved over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys March 20th to the central Appalachians, then off the coast Wednesday March 21st. Band of rain moved in with thunderstorms moving across NC during the evening of the 20th. As the rain shield moved northeast it encountered colder air and precipitation changed to sleet then heavy wet snow. |
Snowfall
Snow amounts ranged from 8 to 12 inches plus +over the Greenbrier Valley and Alleghany Highlands, with 4 to 8 inches over the New River Valley, northeast into the Roanoke and southern Shenandoah Valleys, with less than 4 inches east of the Virginia foothills, south into North Carolina.
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********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...Alleghany County... 3 ESE Whitehead 1.6 1015 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 E Glade Valley 1.5 805 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Ennice 1.5 849 AM 3/21 Public Sparta 1.0 1015 AM 3/21 Public ...Caswell County... 4 ESE Quick 1.8 951 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Rockingham County... Wentworth 2.8 1015 AM 3/21 Public Reidsville 2.0 951 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 SW Bethany 1.2 1030 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Stokes County... 1 W Lawsonville 1.5 828 AM 3/21 Public 3 SSW Capella 0.4 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter King 0.2 716 AM 3/21 32 deg. Roads wet. 2 SSW Capella 0.2 730 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Surry County... Westfield 2.0 922 AM 3/21 Public 2 W Bottom 1.0 956 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Watauga County... 1 W Aho 0.8 800 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Rutherwood 0.5 715 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Seven Devils 0.3 1057 AM 3/21 Public 1 SSW Lovill 0.3 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 SSE Valle Crucis 0.1 700 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 W Blowing Rock 0.1 1200 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Yadkin County... Boonville 0.1 628 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter VIRGINIA ...Alleghany County... 5 N Oriskany 12.0 600 PM 3/21 Public 3 W Hollins 9.5 815 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 S Hollins 8.1 700 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NE Natural Well 6.2 1000 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Covington City 6.0 200 AM 3/21 Social Media ...Amherst County... 3 N Madison Heights 4.5 930 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 W Pleasant View 4.2 1200 PM 3/21 Public 4 N Pleasant View 4.0 1028 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NE Madison Heights 3.0 1130 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 WSW New Glasgow 3.0 1040 AM 3/21 Public 2 SE Forks Of Buffal 3.0 1030 AM 3/21 Public Clifford 1.0 1030 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Appomattox County... 2 NW Oakville 2.0 730 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 WNW Evergreen 1.9 1145 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NNW Tower Hill 1.8 1100 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 SSE Spout Spring 1.5 130 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter Appomattox 1.3 832 AM 3/21 Public ...Bath County... Mountain Grove 12.5 500 PM 3/21 Social Media 1 WNW Warm Springs 7.0 600 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Warm Springs 6.8 540 AM 3/21 Law Enforcement ...Bedford County... 1 NE Bedford 6.5 1230 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter 6 NNE Thaxton 5.5 200 PM 3/21 Public 4 SSE Thaxton 5.0 200 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 E Thaxton 5.0 815 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 SSE Bedford 4.8 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 ENE Moneta 4.3 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NNW Coleman Falls 4.3 100 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter Stewartsville 4.2 530 AM 3/21 Broadcast Media Goodview 4.0 716 AM 3/21 Social Media 5 WSW Sedalia 4.0 1045 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 S Montvale 3.8 830 AM 3/21 Public 2 WSW Boonsboro 3.6 715 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Forest 3.3 703 AM 3/21 Social Media Bedford 3.0 640 AM 3/21 Broadcast Media 5 N Bedford 2.2 433 AM 3/21 Public ...Bland County... Bland 1.5 536 AM 3/21 Law Enforcement ...Botetourt County... 6 NW Daleville 7.5 930 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 7 W Fincastle 7.0 1121 AM 3/21 Public 5 SW Fincastle 6.9 920 AM 3/21 Public 2 NNW Fincastle 6.0 838 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Eagle Rock 5.0 346 AM 3/21 Public Buchanan 4.0 833 AM 3/21 Public ...Buckingham County... 5 WNW Buckingham 2.5 221 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NW Gold Hill 2.3 900 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 W Andersonville 1.5 145 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Campbell County... 2 NNE Timberlake 2.8 719 AM 3/21 Social Media Altavista 2.0 1120 AM 3/21 Public 1 ESE Brookneal 1.5 1200 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 NNW Spring Mills 1.0 1200 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Carroll County... 1 W Pipers Gap 3.0 900 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 SSE Byllesby 1.5 820 AM 3/21 Social Media ...Charlotte County... 1 NE Saxe 0.5 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...City of Danville... 2 W Danville Airport 1.5 146 PM 3/21 Public ...City of Lynchburg... 1 ESE Boonsboro 5.0 545 PM 3/21 12 hour accumulation. 3 E Boonsboro 4.0 800 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 WSW LYNCHBURG 1.5 600 AM 3/21 Broadcast Media ...City of Radford... Radford 6.5 1030 AM 3/21 Public 1 SSW Radford 3.3 730 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...City of Roanoke... 1 S Roanoke 4.0 1025 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Roanoke 4.0 835 AM 3/21 WFXR news studio ...City of Salem... 1 S Salem City 8.0 1053 AM 3/21 Beverly Heights Area Salem City 6.5 846 AM 3/21 In Beverly Heights Area 1 SW Salem City 3.5 710 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Craig County... New Castle 8.8 1030 AM 3/21 Public Simmonsville 7.0 245 PM 3/21 Storm total amount ...Floyd County... 2 S Pilot 4.0 800 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 SE Pilot 4.0 1000 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NW Alum Ridge 3.8 1130 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 SW Pilot 3.5 1100 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 5 NE Alum Ridge 3.0 700 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Check 3.0 1218 PM 3/21 Public 4 ENE ALUM RIDGE 1.5 620 AM 3/21 On Beaver Creek Road ...Franklin County... 2 SSW Wirtz 2.5 855 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Callaway 1.5 445 AM 3/21 Public ...Giles County... 2 SE Mountain Lake 5.0 558 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NE Pearisburg 4.2 1015 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Pembroke 4.0 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NNW Pearisburg 4.0 1010 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 S Chapel 4.0 900 AM 3/21 Public 2 SW Narrows 3.0 1000 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 ENE Pembroke 2.0 700 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 1 NNE PEMBROKE 2.0 700 AM 3/21 NWS Employee ...Grayson County... Independence 2.0 535 AM 3/21 Law Enforcement ...Henry County... Ridgeway 1.0 719 AM 3/21 Social Media ...Montgomery County... 5 NNE Blacksburg 5.8 1015 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 2 NE BLACKSBURG 5.7 1100 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 1 NE Merrimac 5.5 720 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NE Blacksburg 5.4 900 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 2 ENE Merrimac 5.3 200 PM 3/21 NWS Employee 1 WNW BLACKSBURG 5.0 950 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 2 ENE Blacksburg 4.7 738 AM 3/21 Social Media 3 NNW Blacksburg 4.7 900 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 ESE Blacksburg 4.3 648 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 SW Merrimac 4.3 915 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 SSE Prices Fork 4.2 830 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 SE Walton 4.2 833 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 WNW Christiansburg 4.0 700 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 4 SSW CHRISTIANSBURG 3.5 900 AM 3/21 NWS Employee 1 ESE Crockett Sprin 2.7 800 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Patrick County... 5 ENE GROUNDHOG MOUN 3.5 1056 AM 3/21 Co-Op Observer 5 ESE Buffalo Ridge 2.8 1028 AM 3/21 On Foley Road ...Pittsylvania County... Pittsville 2.2 1100 AM 3/21 Public ...Pulaski County... 1 ENE Draper 6.0 700 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 WNW Fairlawn 4.1 930 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NW Copper Valley 4.0 600 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter Graysontown 3.5 900 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 E Draper 2.9 915 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 E Pulaski 2.8 715 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Roanoke County... 1 NNE Catawba 7.0 815 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NW Bradshaw 6.0 630 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 NW Roanoke Airport 6.0 830 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Cave Spring 6.0 1030 AM 3/21 Public 3 N Salem City 5.7 1200 PM 3/21 Public 2 ESE Catawba 5.5 615 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Bradshaw 5.3 645 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 W Poages Mill 4.6 200 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter Vinton 4.0 1120 AM 3/21 Public 1 SSW Hollins 4.0 845 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 NW Cave Spring 3.5 745 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 NE Vinton 3.5 1215 PM 3/21 Public 2 SSW Glenvar 3.3 624 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 NE Bent Mountain 2.9 637 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Bent Mountain 2.6 502 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Rockbridge County... 3 NNE Rockbridge Bat 6.5 755 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 4 SW Rockbridge Bath 4.5 1115 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 5 NW Glasgow 4.2 845 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 6 NNW Lexington City 3.5 330 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 WNW Lexington City 3.5 730 AM 3/21 Social Media ...Tazewell County... Bluefield 0.3 400 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 SSW Richlands 0.2 653 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Wythe County... Wytheville 2.5 354 PM 3/21 Storm total 1 N Wytheville 2.0 805 AM 3/21 Public WEST VIRGINIA ...Greenbrier County... Organ Cave 14.0 1215 PM 3/21 On Childers Road. 2 SSW Meadow Bluff 11.0 100 PM 3/21 Emergency Manager Quinwood 9.0 533 PM 3/21 Public 3 N RUPERT 9.0 411 PM 3/21 Co-Op Observer Renick 9.0 100 PM 3/21 Emergency Manager Fairlea 8.8 100 PM 3/21 Emergency Manager Rupert 8.5 1220 PM 3/21 Public Maxwelton 8.0 1015 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager 3 S Maxwelton 7.0 1015 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter Lewisburg 7.0 1038 AM 3/21 On Harper Road White Sulphur Spring 7.0 630 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager 3 NE Lawn 7.0 630 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager 3 ESE Meadow Bluff 6.5 645 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager Ronceverte 6.0 645 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager 2 E Trout 6.0 630 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager Alderson 4.5 330 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways ...Mercer County... Athens 7.0 328 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways 2 SE Bluefield 6.0 355 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways Flat Top 4.0 325 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways Bluefield 1.5 325 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways ...Monroe County... Sweet Springs 15.5 600 PM 3/21 Trained Spotter Union 12.0 600 AM 3/21 Dept of Highways 6 NE Lindside 11.0 1100 AM 3/21 Public Pickaway 10.0 1145 AM 3/21 Public 3 ENE Wayside 10.0 1145 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 E Union 9.0 600 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager 3 N Hollywood 8.0 630 AM 3/21 Emergency Manager Lindside 6.5 630 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Red Sulphur Sp 5.0 643 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter ...Summers County... 4 E Hinton 8.0 920 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 3 ESE Hinton 7.0 845 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter 2 NE Talcott 7.0 1235 PM 3/21 PENCE SPRINGS WV Pipestem 4.0 145 AM 3/21 Broadcast Media 4 NW Sandstone 2.0 900 AM 3/21 Trained Spotter
Photos:
Amherst County, Va looking toward Blue Ridge March 21st (Henry Dowgielewicz) |
East side of Blacksburg, VA March 21st (Phil Manuel) |
Covington, VA March 21st (Merv Broce) |
Ennice, NC (William Bottomley) |
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