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West Virginia getting Presidents’ Day winter wallop

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Presidents’ Day will be one of heavy snow throughout much of West Virginia.

“Really the whole state is looking at a good amount of snow,” said Liz Sommerville, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston.

As the state dealt with record cold on Sunday morning, Sommerville predicted the heaviest snow would fall Monday midday into the early evening. “We might think in the morning (Monday) it doesn’t seem bad, but then 9 a.m. through 10 a.m., we’re going to start to see some snowfall, and it’s going to be very heavy at times.”

The snow started falling in Putnam County on Monday morning.

How much snow will depend on the storm’s track, but projected snow totals were upgraded early Monday morning.

The National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings for all of Monday in Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Calhoun, Clay, Braxton, Gilmer, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Wayne, Lincoln, Mingo, Logan, Boone, McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers, Monroe, Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Nicholas, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Hardy, Grant, Jefferson and Pendleton counties.

Accumulations were expected to be anywhere from six to 10 inches in the storm region, with the highest totals in southern West Virginia and eastern mountains.

More than a foot of snow was possible in parts of Wayne, Mingo, Pocahontas and Randolph counties, while the Mid-Ohio Valley was expected to stay in the four- to six-inch accumulation range.

Heavy snow and cold temperatures, meteorologists said, would make for hazardous travel.

“We’ll have highs in the teens,” Sommerville said. “Still pretty cold, but not as windy, so it shouldn’t feel quite as cold.”

This weekend saw single-digit temperatures in much of West Virginia, and sub-zero in some parts. A low reading of minus-14 degrees was recorded at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County on Sunday morning. Warnings about wind chills in some counties continued into Sunday afternoon.

Other temperature readings as of Sunday morning included minus-2 degrees in Wheeling, 0 degrees in Beckley, 1 degree in Clarksburg, 3 degrees in Parkersburg, minus-2 degrees in Elkins and 7 degrees in Martinsburg.

The high winds that brought in the cold were blamed for power outages in some southern West Virginia and Eastern Panhandle counties. Emergency officials also said high winds, icy roads and blowing snow lead to vehicle wrecks throughout the Mountain State on Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening.





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