CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tuesday started out with a couple of inches of snow on the ground in parts of West Virginia.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Andy Roche said, for example, 2.4 inches of accumulation were reported in parts of Harrison County, 2.4 inches in Putnam County and two inches in some areas of Barbour County.
In many other counties, the snow accumulation hovered around one inch or less.
As of Monday morning, though, the National Weather Service was still waiting on snow total reports from the eastern mountain counties. A Winter Weather Advisory was in effect for those counties until 7 p.m. Tuesday because of the possibility of two to four inches of snow.
There were delays for only a handful of schools in West Virginia on Tuesday morning and most of those delays were tied to power outages.
Appalachian Power was reporting outages for about 2,000 homes and businesses in Kanawha County and Cabell County early in the day. The outage number for First Energy, which includes Mon Power and Potomac Edison, was less than 800.
No major traffic accidents were reported because of winter road conditions during the Tuesday morning commute.
For updated conditions, drivers can call 511 to access road conditions, traffic information and weather alerts in West Virginia. The out-of-state number is 855-MY-WV-511 or 855-699-8511. Traffic information is also available at www.wv511.org.
There is also a WV511 Drive Safe Mobile App that provides audible updates about construction, crashes, traffic delays and weather advisories.
Roche said, after the snow, much of West Virginia was in for some cold weather. “I see clearing spreading from northwest to southeast,” he said on Tuesday’s MetroNews “Talkline.”
That clearing was expected to bring several nights with temperatures down into the 20s and 30s.
“We’re not going to see a warming trend until next week,” predicted Roche.