UPDATE: The National Weather Service, as planned, dropped the “Wind Advisory” at 6 am Saturday but they replaced it with a “Special Weather Statement for
Rain, the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg claims, should start falling around 3:45 am Thursday and stop a little after 6:30 am. Don’t bet
A forecast this Friday morning showing a northeastern line of thunderstorms hitting Floyd in the afternoon was modified by the National Weather Service office in
The snow that arrived Friday looked for a while like it might be something to worry about but turned into more of a non-event with
Our electric power returned over APCO electrical lines at 8:30 am Tuesday. Our Generac whole house automatic generator shut down a few minutes later after keeping power to the house for a little over 17 hours.
The winter weather advisory for much of the area that surrounds Floyd County and this part of Southwestern Virginia means temperatures right at freezing along
No classes Tuesday for Floyd County public schools. The school board pulled the plug early, announcing the closing Monday afternoon, as did school system in
As has happened too many other times in this winter, Floyd County and our part of Southwestern Virginia are “on the edge” of where rain turns to snow — which means our rain could be mixed with ice.
Our latest “wintry mix” should end about 12:25 pm Thursday with temperatures continuing to drop after spending time in the 50s overnight while rain pounded
So much for any hoped-for improvements in our weather. Those who ventured out early on Wednesday found a mixture of freezing rain and slick roads,
