CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has posted a winter weather advisory for southern and central West Virginia counties and a winter storm warning for the state’s highest elevations beginning Sunday night.
The advisory, which covers all or parts of 23 counties, said 2 to 4 inches of snow is possible from Sunday night through Tuesday morning. Most of the snow is expected to fall from Monday morning through Monday evening.
The counties under the advisory include Lincoln, Kanawha, Calhoun, Doddridge, Roane, Mingo, Logan, Boone, Clay, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Harrison, Taylor, McDowell, Wyoming, Upshur, Barbour, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster and Randolph counties.
The winter storm warning, which is calling for 4 to 7 inches of snow covers the highest elevations of Greenbrier, Webster, Pocahontas and Randolph counties.
The weather service is predicting 1.2 to 1.5 inches of snow for Huntington-Charleston, generally 2 inches from Flatwoods to Clarksburg, around 2 inches in the southern coalfields, closer to 3 inches in Beckley, 3.8 inches in Summersville, 3.2 inches in Elkins and 6-plus inches at Snowshoe.