Staggering Snow Amounts, Reports Saturday
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UPDATE (10 PM): Still inundated with Facebook reports, will try to summarize tomorrow morning. Updated Spotter reports again below...
UPDATE (4 PM): We've gotten so many reports & photos on our Facebook page I'm overwhelmed. Thanks very much. I updated the spotter reports below - 16" of snow in Pennsylvania & Maryland now!
UPDATE (11 AM): Snow & power stats updated below. Over 100,000 are now without power, mostly in North Carolina. Five states have reported over 10 inches of snow.
UPDATE: I-81 is a mess, cars and jackknifed trucks stuck in the snow. Check out the pics I just pulled from VA 511 between Christianburg and Roanoke:
The snow amounts are staggering this Saturday morning and the storm is still cranking. Many are without power, some Interstates are shut down, and per AccuWeather.com MapSpace™ (PREMIUM | PRO) the entire area is covered by government advisories, running the gamut from Blizzard Warnings for New York City to High Surf Advisories on the Carolina coast.
Here are the notable reports by state:
NWS Spotters:
Wintergreen, VA: 30.0" Rainelle, WV: 26.0" Mount Mitchell & Robbinsville, NC: 24.0" Bethesda, MD: 23.0" Multiple Locations, PA: 20.0" Hi-nella, NJ: 20.0" Hartley, DE: 15.5" Rochester, NY: 6.7"
Barbara M. from Hico, WV: 25.0" Savannah K. from Maryland: 21.0" Michale J. from Troy, VA: 20.0" Christina G. from Wythe, VA: 19.0" John T. from Fredericksburg, VA: 16.2" Scott P. from Keyser, WV: 16.0" Paul D. from Roanoke: 15.0" Susan M. from Broadway, VA: 14.0" Kathy P. from Fredericksburg, VA: 14.0" Mike B. from Amissville, VA: 12.0" Philip M. from Nokesville, VA: 11.5" Wayne S. from Annapolis, MD: 10.0" Deb C. from Clinton, MD: 9.0" Keith M. from Milford, DE: 8.75" Amy H. from Loudon County, VA: 8.0" Matt F. from Columbia, MD: 7.0" Greg H. Leesburg, VA: 7.0" Tim H. from Boone, NC: 7.0" Dan W. from Boonsboro, MD: 7.0" Catty R. from Statesville, NC: 7.0" Amy F. Reidsville, NC: 7.5" James F. from Yanceyville, NC: 7.0" William L. from Chambersburg, PA: 7.0" Jen C. from Manassas, VA: 6.0" Loralea K. from Egg Harbor, NJ: 5.0" Vickie H. from Nottingham, PA: 4.0" Norma N. from Thornville, OH: 4.0"
@CBS19Weather from Charlottesville, VA: 13.0" @mckenler from Asheville, NC: 8.5" @georgiehopper from Knoxville, MD: 8.0" @Dslizzle from Triad, NC: 8.0" @ryanpj from Roxboro, NC: 6.0"
Power Outages:
Dominion Power: 7,000 Progress Energy: 63,000 Duke Power: 29,000
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