Winter Storm Watch, Virginia
SevereUp to 3 inches of snow, a quarter of an inch to half an inch possible of ice, will be along the cumberland plateau of ice. Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous.
Ended Friday, January 23, 2026.
Replaced by the Winter Storm Warning on Friday, January 23, 9:54 in the morning.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- Bristol
- Abingdon
- Big Stone Gap
- Norton
- Lebanon
- Wise
- Gate City
- Castlewood
- Pennington Gap
- Coeburn
- Appalachia
- Glade Spring
- Weber City
- Emory
- Honaker
- Dryden
- Pound
- Jonesville
- St. Paul
- Meadowview
- Damascus
- Rose Hill
- Big Stone Gap East
- Riverview
- Dante
- East Stone Gap
- The University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Ewing
- Nickelsville
- Hiltons
- Keokee
- Stickleyville
- Dungannon
- Tacoma
- Cleveland
- Mendota
- Osaka
- Stonega
- Dunbar
- Duffield
- St. Charles
- Clinchport
How much
- Ice across the area
- A quarter of an inch to half an inch possible
Map
- This watch
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations up to 3 inches and ice accumulations of one quarter of an inch to one half of an inch possible. The highest snowfall totals will be in the higher elevations southwest Virginia and near the Kentucky and Tennessee border. The greatest ice accumulations will be along the Cumberland Plateau, northeast Tennessee, the mountains, and just north of Interstate 40/81. Snow accumulations will be more limited further south.
- Where
- Portions of southwest North Carolina, east Tennessee, and southwest Virginia.
- When
- From Saturday morning through Sunday evening.
- Impacts
- Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice. Travel could be nearly impossible.
- Additional details
- This is a complicated forecast and details regarding the location of heaviest snowfall and freezing rain totals remain uncertain. Significant changes could occur over the next 24 hours so please continue to monitor future forecasts.
Updates
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Snow totals lowered from up to 6 inches to up to 3 inches. January 22, 2026
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Snow totals lowered from 4 to 10 inches to up to 6 inches. January 22, 2026
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Winter Storm Watch issued for Saturday overnight through Sunday evening. January 21, 2026