CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With residents in central and southern West Virginia projected to endure another blast of snow Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for 28 counties.
An area stretching from Parkersburg to Bluefield and Welch to Elkins will have varying accumulations as a cold front arrives from the west, said NWS meteorologist Liz Somerville.
“Generally 1 to 3 inches through most of the lowlands. but we will see some areas with 2 to 4 inches and particularly down in the southern mountains we’ll see 2 to 4 inches,” Somerville said. “Up in the northern mountains we’ll see 3 to 5 or 4 to 6 in the highest elevations.”
The next dose of snow comes 48 hours after a strong winter storm pounded much of the state. Snowfall amounts from that storm ranged from 5 to 15 inches.
“It’s exhausting,” Somerville said. “People are tired and tired of looking at it and we are going to be bitterly cold, which is going to be a factor too.”
Somerville said Wednesday’s snow would generally be a day event with some leftover snow showers through the evening.
The counties under the winter weather advisory include:
Wayne, Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Wood, Lincoln, Putnam, McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt, Calhoun, Mingo, Logan, Boone, Clay, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur and Greenbrier.