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Sorry to hear about your loss. Thoughts, prayers and safe travels for you bud.

From what my girls have measured, we have 4.5 inches here. That's more than I figured we would end up with. Very nice early season snow. My pic isn't the greatest, but shows a little. 

Heavy snow showers here in Keen Mountain around 3:30. It's tapered off a bit but enough to cover the grass. 

Snowing pretty steady now. Heavy graupel moved through a bit earlier. Nice to see some flakes flying around.

Here are two home videos I have uploaded to YouTube of the 1987 snowstorm. Sorry if the quality is poor, I am certainly no camera man! Ignore my crazy daughter squalling in the background lol. The people in the videos are my uncle, aunt and cousin. Oh, and their dog "Moose" lol. According to my grandmother they received 34 inches when it was all said and done. I figured some of you guys might enjoy some never before seen footage of a great storm.

2 hours ago, Daniel Boone said:

What is your YouTube channel ? 

I wasn't able to film it today, will definitely get it tomorrow. I'll get back to you on the channel. Haven't used it in years lol. 

7 hours ago, Carvers Gap said:

This is one which actually rivals 93' but gets a little less press.  This was my spring break in HS.  We couldn't leave the house for the entire break - snowed in.   Folks raised in E TN, E KY, and SW VA know to keep looking back over one shoulder.  Now, I am in not forecasting this, but LR ext modeling is showing cold worthy of this type of storm.  It can and does snow at lower elevations in many areas during March and sometimes April, though this is an extreme example.

This is a great article about the storm.....It includes synoptical set-ups and photos.  

https://www.weather.gov/jkl/198704_snowstorm

I have home video footage of this storm. I was only 6 months old, so I surely don't remember it. My uncle filmed a good bit of it. I may try to film a little onto my phone and upload on YouTube. Very interesting to see that kind of storm in April.

This guy has been hanging around my house the past few days. Maybe he's telling us winter isn't quite through yet. 

Thunder and lightning in Grundy this morning. Very loud, woke me up. As I am typing this, my power is fluctuating as well.

27 minutes ago, Daniel Boone said:

Didnt you get blasted in February 2015 like we did ? There was over 2 feet on the ground in Pennington gap and Big Stone gap at one time. Over 40 inches fell in 3 weeks !

Wow! That is a lot in 3 weeks. If I'm not mistaken (I very well could be), I think we ended up with around 9 inches with that storm. There have been quite a few times I have received a bit lower totals compared to areas just south and/or east. 

I received 6 inches from this past system. 5 inches from the first. I believe this is the most snow on the ground since 2014. This will definitely be a memorable week of winter weather for quite a while. So nice to see snow everywhere. It feels like such a rarity these days.

Picked up 4 inches since last night

I've had snow showing up on radar for a few hours, some look like heavier showers, but I see nothing out of my window? It was flurrying at the onset but nothing since. What would cause this? Sorry if this is an amateur question lol

.WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow
accumulations of 3 to 5 inches and a trace of ice accumulation
possible.

* WHERE...Buchanan County.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Any ice accumulations would be tonight into
Friday morning.

The roads are very rough on Rt. 460 in Grundy despite multiple crews staying on top of it.

Small flakes starting to fly up here in Grundy

1 hour ago, Carvers Gap said:

Advanced teleconnections.

Must be a running theme across the region! 

Just now, Hurricaneguy said:

I'm in Greeneville. I do not like seeing the cutoff right on our county. When it's been nearly two years since a decent snow that drives you crazy lol

I know the feeling. Seems like I'm always on the cutoff of the bigger systems. I'm just happy anyone on the forum is getting some winter action. Actually having something to track has been a lot of fun (and frustrating) lol. It's definitely better than chasing 60 and 70 degrees temperatures in the middle of winter.

7 minutes ago, ShawnEastTN said:

Quite possibly they were my first as well in that same timeframe, came over here in 2014.

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
 

Those were also my first weather forums. Probably back in 07. That place could get a bit interesting at times, to say the least.

1 hour ago, Carvers Gap said:

Yes, we live in a place(greater TRI area) where strange stuff happens during snowstorms.  I remember when @BlunderStormcouldn't buy a flake of snow one winter due to an odd snow shadow there that was only prevalent that winter due to the angle of approach of many of the storms.  I have seen Johnson City crippled by snow, and only had 2-3" IMBY.  As I noted above, it seems TRI almost always has the lowest denominator total recorded - very suspicious.

I'm about 20-30 miles west of @BlunderStorm, but I remember as recently as 2018 (if I'm not mistaken) Abingdon received nearly a foot of snow, possibly more. We ended up with a cold rain. Very wild how things can differ in such short distances.

Coming down heavy now

Just had a decently heavy rain/snow shower kick up for about 10 minutes. The wind is really starting to pick up as well.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Charleston WV

207 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-039-040-515>519-521-180315-

/O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0020.231218T1800Z-231219T1500Z/

Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-

Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-

Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Northwest Webster-

Including the cities of Clintwood, Grundy, Vansant, Welch, Gary,

War, Mullens, Oceana, Pineville, Buckhannon, Philippi, Belington,

Bradley, Prosperity, Sophia, Beckley, Oak Hill, Fayetteville,

Montgomery, Meadow Bridge, Summersville, Craigsville,

Birch River, Holly River State, Webster Springs, and Cowen

207 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 10 AM

EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5

  inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Virginia and northeast,

  northern, southeast and southern West Virginia.

* WHEN...From 1 PM Monday to 10 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous

  conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down

and use caution while traveling.

UK definitely saved my life on several occasions. Not only that but they were very kind, very professional, and they listened to my concerns and addressed them. The other hospitals, not so much. I know it wasn't only UK that saved me, The Good Lord and prayer was doing work from the beginning. I truly believe as crazy as it may sound, that God had put pancreatitis on me to send me back to the ER. I wasn't going to return because of the "sinus infection". I had already accepted that was the issue and was going to continue my antibiotics. The pancreatitis resolved that night when I got to Pikeville. I had never had any issues with it before or since. If I hadn't been in a hospital when everything took a turn for the worse, there's no way I would have survived. The doctors say that as well. Every Dr I've seen during this whole ordeal, which is a lot, say it truly is a miracle that I survived through everything. God certainly does have a plan for all of us. It's all in his hands.

Thank you Holston! I'm sorry your dad had to deal with that. Fungal infections come in all shapes and sizes. It sounds very similar to blasto. The medicine I'm taking is call Itraconazole or Sporanox. It has some not so pleasant side effects but it's much better than the alternative.