Power Outage in Front Royal, VA

Power lines blew down on Blue Ridge Avenue near East Prospect Street.

Power lines blew down in the 100 block of VA-661 Fairground Road.

Wind damage was reported near Karo, including power lines that blew down near the intersection of Lakeside Drive and Royal Walnut Road.

A tree was blown down on power lines on Russ Road near the intersection with Totten Lane. Two trees were also blown down near the intersection of Laing Road and Wakeman Mill Road. Another tree was blown down on Mountain Road.

A tree was blown down on power lines on North Fork Road.

A tree was blown down onto power lines in the 300 block of West Duck Street.

Tree was blown down on power lines along Fort Valley Road.

A tree was down at Route 55 and High Knob Road and another tree was down on power lines just north of that intersection.

A tree fell onto power lines blocking Stonewall Jackson Highway around the 5900 block. Trees were down in the 6000 block of Stonewall Jackson Highway.

A tree was down on power lines along the 7100 Block of Browntown Road.

There was a large tree down on Catlett Mountain Road onto a power transformer.

There was a tree down on power lines on Stonewall Jackson Highway near Front Royal.

There was a tree down on power lines on Shenandoah Shores Road at Progress Drive.

Wind gusts of 58 mph were estimated based on nearby observations. There were scattered trees and power lines down county wide. In Front Royal, trees and limbs fell across the town causing power outages affecting 700 and crews closed streets.

Snowfall totaled up to 37.0 inches near Howellsville. A snowfall report of 34.0 inches was reported near Linden. Power outages were reported throughout the county due to the weight of the snow on trees and power lines.

A utility company reported trees down on power lines southeast of Strasburg.

Front Royal Fire and Rescue reported numerous downed power lines.

Warren County Emergency Management reported trees down in Front Royal. A glaze of ice was reported on trees, power lines and sidewalks.

Emergency Management Officials reported trees and power lines down north of Front Royal, VA.

A power line was downed in Front Royal, VA.

Law Enforcement reported a large limb on a transformer, downing power lines in Front Royal, VA.

Numerous trees and powerlines down.

Most of the county was without power after trees and power lines were downed.

Trees and power lines downed.

High pressure over New England pumped in an abundant amount of cold air while low pressure developed along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Precipitation well ahead of the low overspread northern and central Virginia during the evening hours of the 28th. Precipitation continued into the 29th before ending during the late morning and afternoon hours. There was enough cold air for precipitation to fall in the form of snow especially across the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley.||The combination of heavy wet snow on trees that still had leaves caused numerous power outages mainly across extreme northern Virginia into the Shenandoah Valley and Potomac Highlands.

A rare downslope wind event similar to "Chinook Winds" experienced east of the Rockies occurred just east of the Appalachian Mountain ridges early on the 9th. Winds between 40 and 70 MPH blew down the side of the mountain and numerous trees and power lines were downed. In Augusta County, downed trees blocked the intersection of routes 11 and 654 and along Route 730. In Nelson County, numerous trees were downed along Route 151 and a downed tree blocked Route 666. In Albemarle County, scattered trees were downed. A wind gust of 52 MPH was recorded in Crozet. In Rockingham County, a wind gust of 72 MPH was recorded in Harrisonburg. In Madison County, scattered trees were downed. In Rappahannock County, trees were downed onto routes 628 and 603. In Shenandoah County, scattered trees were downed. A 41 MPH gust was recorded in Woodstock. In Clarke County, trees were downed across the western portion of the county. In Frederick County, trees and power lines were downed west of I-81. A storm door was ripped from a home in Stephens City. The airport in Winchester recorded a gust of 45 MPH.