The fast moving winter storm leaves chaos then – West Virginia Metronews

Beckley, W.VA. – The weather through southern Western Virginia quickly turned a morning trip into a nightmare for a very Tuesday morning.

The snowfall began to enter the cities of Mingo and McDowell at about 5am and by the middle of the morning a few inches of gut and wet snow was on the ground. The highway crew department fought to continue, but it was more than most could handle it.

“It’s a amount of snow that came so quickly. We knew we were coming and we were prepared, but it was so much snow in just a little time. Plus it’s wet and causal snow, “said Tabita Horn, planning at the Raley County Emergency Service Office.

In its district and throughout the coal centers, 911 were besieged with continuous calls for vehicles in the ditch, and in some cases much more serious accidents that clog the interstate for hours. Pull cars crashed through the trailer on another half near Tamarack of West Virginia Turnpike. The crash delayed the trip for hours as the crews worked to clean the mess. Near the always dangerous sandbox class of the I-64 between Raleigh and Summers County, three half-pilling growled things for hours.

Motorists have posted photos on social media from places throughout the region, showing snowy roads and vehicles, turned, twisted, overturned or in the ditch. Horn and her staff were stretched to the limit.

“In trying to remove vehicles from ditches, to deal with remains, power lines, they have closed and opened several roads. Doh has tried to cure everything, but the snow goes down as quickly after being treated, it covers immediately back, “she explained.

The National Meteorological Service in Charleston said the system was also pushed out of the south stream of warm air, which would pass some of the snowfall in the rain this afternoon.

Many places in Western Virginia are experiencing rain, snow and snow today, when the latest winter meteorological system arrives.#Wvdoh The crews carry out storm activities. The photo includes crews in Faeta, Greenbrier, Nicholas and Samars during a recent storm. pic.twitter.com/ub0blgm12n

– WVDOT (@wvdot) February 11, 2025

“We have a smoother air that will control the more highs. That is why we will begin to see this change in rain in the metro regions Charleston and Huntington and in the lower hills, “said meteorologist Simone Lewis at the Charleston Bureau.

The transition to the rain will carry its own set of problems. The flows and rivers in the southern half of the state are still high from the torrential rains last week. They only had a minimal drain time, but they would quickly return with the soil, saturated. Lewis advises that this is a greater concern for two more systems expected between now and Sunday.

“However, this will be mostly rain in the state, but in the cities of North Mountain they look at the potential for a very significant ice storm and this will be late Wednesday and Wednesday night. Some places can get up to half an inch of ice accumulation, “she added.

The third system will bring intense rainfall on Saturday on Sunday, which can also create the potential for widespread flood throughout the state of Western Virginia.