Erik Spencer Hill | The Stokes News
A view of the snow-capped Sauratown Mountains seen from Mounce Road.
Heavy rains turned into more than a dusting of snow on Thursday evening as temperatures in Stokes County dropped into the lower 30s.
The light snowfall and slick roads helped to close schools on Friday.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, Va., said that an upper-level trough combined with a stalled-out front on Thursday night. Cold air pulled in behind the front, which dropped the temperature in northwest North Carolina.
Early snowfall reports show that Stokes County received 1-2 inches of snow Thursday evening and into early Friday morning.
Patrick Wilson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, said that a warm ground and the quick-moving nature of the system allowed Stokes County to dodge a serious snowfall.
Wilson noted that parts of southwest Virginia had received a foot of snow in the same system.
The light snow system that quickly passed through Stokes County and then into Virginia did not cause many problems within the county.
Local energy providers were reporting minimal outages.
Stokes County EMS Director Greg Collins said that EMS responded to a few minor accident calls just after dark when the snow started.
“It wasn’t a bad night,” he said.
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