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Event Details
| Event | Winter Storm |
| State | WEST VIRGINIA |
| County/Area | DODDRIDGE |
| WFO | RLX |
| Begin Date | 02/05/2010 17:00:00 EST-5 |
| End Date | 02/06/2010 15:00:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A continuous rain on Friday the 5th became heavier in the evening over the southwestern counties of West Virginia. Twelve hour rains of over an inch caused minor stream flooding along roads across portions of Lincoln, Putnam, Cabell, Kanawha, Roane, Jackson, Mason, and Calhoun. The rain changed to sleet then wet snow overnight, or late on the 5th into the 6th. An exception was Pocahontas County, where the easterly low level flow kept the precipitation as mostly snow. At Snowshoe the snow depth went from 10 inches prior to the storm to 27 inches at the conclusion. At Marlinton the snow depth went from 7 inches to 20 inches. At Bartow the snow depth went from 5 inches to 13 inches. The other exception was across Fayette and Raleigh Counties in the southern mountains of West Virginia. Here, pockets of freezing rain fell during the daylight hours on the 5th, before changing to snow that night. The ice from the freezing rain accumulated to around a quarter of an inch. The snow accumulations were mostly |2 to 4 inches. The heavy wet snow caused power outages across the northern lowland counties of West Virginia. On the 11th, several days after the storm, Harrison County still had hundreds of structures without power. Clarksburg snow depth went from zero prior to the storm to 11 inches. Grafton had a 9 inch accumulation. Harrisville had an 8 inch snow accumulation, while Middlebourne measured 7 inches. Elkins had a 6 inch snow accumulation. Further south, toward Glenville and Sutton, snow accumulations of 5 to 6 inches were more common. In the central mountain counties of Nicholas and Webster, not enough freezing rain or snow fell to verify the winter storm warning Since the storm had been predicted well in advance, Governor Joe Manchin declared a state of emergency at the very onset of the storm, on the 5th. |
| Event Narrative |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| RALEIGH (ZONE) | RALEIGH (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 03:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FAYETTE (ZONE) | FAYETTE (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 03:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| POCAHONTAS (ZONE) | POCAHONTAS (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 07:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| UPSHUR (ZONE) | UPSHUR (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BARBOUR (ZONE) | BARBOUR (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WIRT (ZONE) | WIRT (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| RITCHIE (ZONE) | RITCHIE (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WOOD (ZONE) | WOOD (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| JACKSON (ZONE) | JACKSON (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| TYLER (ZONE) | TYLER (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ROANE (ZONE) | ROANE (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CALHOUN (ZONE) | CALHOUN (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| TAYLOR (ZONE) | TAYLOR (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BRAXTON (ZONE) | BRAXTON (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LEWIS (ZONE) | LEWIS (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HARRISON (ZONE) | HARRISON (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| DODDRIDGE (ZONE) | DODDRIDGE (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| RANDOLPH (ZONE) | RANDOLPH (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| PLEASANTS (ZONE) | PLEASANTS (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CLAY (ZONE) | CLAY (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GILMER (ZONE) | GILMER (ZONE) | WV | 02/05/2010 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| DUNBAR | KANAWHA CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K | |
| HAMLIN | LINCOLN CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K | |
| SALT ROCK | CABELL CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 1.00K | 0.00K | |
| BEN LOMOND | MASON CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K | |
| HURRICANE | PUTNAM CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K | |
| PENIEL | ROANE CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K | |
| GOLDTOWN | JACKSON CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 18:45 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K | |
| GRANTSVILLE | CALHOUN CO. | WV | 02/05/2010 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 2.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
