Storm Summary Number 1 for Southern Appalachians/Carolinas Snow
Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 AM EST Sat Jan 31 2026

...Nor'easter strengthening offshore the Carolinas...Heavy snow
piling up near the Southern Appalachians...

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for all of the Carolinas as
well as portions of northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, far
eastern Kentucky, far southern West Virginia, and the southern
tier of Virginia including portions of the Eastern Shore

Storm warnings are in effect for the Outer Banks of North Carolina
and the much of the southeast coast of Virginia, including
portions of the Eastern Shore.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 AM EST...A 1006 hPa/29.71" of mercury cyclone was located
about 200 miles east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina.  An
inverted trough/trowal along with upslope flow was causing an area
of heavy snow in the Piedmont of the Carolinas, southwesternmost
Virginia, and eastern Tennessee as seen on National Weather
Service Doppler radar imagery.  Another area of snow was becoming
enhanced west of a coastal front across portions of the North
Carolina coastal plain.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 800 AM
EST Fri Jan 30 through 900 AM EST Sat Jan 31...

...KENTUCKY...
NOLANSBURG                            5.0                    
COAL RUN                              4.0                    
LITTLE CORNETT WOODS                  4.0                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
MAGGIE VALLEY 2 S                     9.0                    
WAYNESVILLE 1 NW                      6.2                    
MARSHALL 15.1 NNE                     6.0                    
BAKERSVILLE 5.4 N                     5.8                    
CANTON 5 N                            5.8                    
DILLSBORO 4 N                         5.0                    
CANDLER 3 SSW                         4.7                    
DANA                                  4.5                    
TUCKASEGEE 3 WSW                      4.5                    
WOODFIN 3 WSW                         4.5                    
ASHEVILLE 2 N                         4.0                    
BOONE 4.6 E                           4.0                    
SPARTA 3.6 NW                         4.0                    
WEST JEFFERSON 1.5 W                  4.0                    
BURNSVILLE 5.9 SSW                    3.8                    

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK                                  1.5                    

...TENNESSEE...
GREENEVILLE 3 S                       8.6                    
JONESBOROUGH 2.5 SSW                  8.4                    
COSBY 1 NE                            8.0                    
RUTLEDGE 7 SSW                        6.5                    
JEFFERSON CITY 2.1 NE                 6.2                    
TAZEWELL 4 ESE                        6.0                    
CHURCH HILL 1 ENE                     5.6                    
JOHNSON CITY 3.6 E                    5.2                    
COLONIAL HEIGHTS 0.6 SSE              5.0                    
SEYMOUR 2.3 S                         5.0                    
MOORESBURG 0.5 SE                     4.8                    
BULLS GAP 0.9 SSW                     4.6                    
KNOXVILLE 5.7 NNW                     4.5                    
MADISONVILLE 0.9 N                    4.0                    
MARYVILLE 5.8 ESE                     4.0                    

...VIRGINIA...
CEDAR BLUFF 3.6 SW                    6.6                    
DAVENPORT 5 E                         5.5                    
ABINGDON 2 SW                         4.6                    
CHATHAM 1.5 E                         4.5                    
GATE CITY 6.2 NNE                     3.8                    
PILOT 4 NW                            3.3                    
WOOLWINE 3.7 NNE                      3.3                    
CHRISTIANSBURG 3.7 SW                 3.2                    
BLACKSBURG 2.1 ESE                    3.0                    
GALAX 0.7 ENE                         3.0                    
INDEPENDENCE 1.3 S                    3.0                    
WILLIS 2.7 SE                         3.0                    
DANVILLE CITY 1 ENE                   2.0                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
PRINCETON 0.3 NNW                     3.3                    


The cyclone is expected to strengthen rapidly/bomb as it edges
northeastward into Sunday morning, while remaining offshore North
Carolina.  During this time, additional snowfall of 4-8 inches,
with local amounts up to 12 inches, are possible from eastern
Tennessee, the western Carolinas, and eastern portions of North
Carolina west of the sounds.  Across portions of southern
Virginia, northeast Georgia, and the central Carolinas, 3-5 inches
of new snow, with local amounts to 7 inches, are expected.  High
winds, occasionally exceeding 58 mph, are anticipated for the
coasts of North Carolina and southeast Virginia; the combination
of heavy snow and high winds could lead to blizzard conditions,
leading to extremely treacherous travel.  During the day Sunday,
the storm will rapidly move east-northeast a fair distance
offshore the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts, which ends the
winter weather threat for the region. 

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 1000 PM EST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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