Another round of winter weather began wrapping up Saturday in West Virginia, and residents were relieved to once again say goodbye to a weekend of snow, sleet, high winds and freezing rain.

The National Weather Service reported an 8-inch snow depth on the ground Saturday at Raleigh County Memorial Airport, and snow reports in Greenbrier County ranged from 9 to 15 inches. White Sulphur Springs received 14 inches.

Simone Lewis, meteorologist with the NWS in Charleston, said everything was expected to wind down Saturday night.

“There’s only some very light snow activity on the radar and I don’t really expect to see any additional accumulation,” Lewis said.

“Sunday will be dry, but will have a rather chilly start for the Beckley area. Beckley is looking at a low of 13 degrees Sunday and highs in the low to mid-20s.”

Likewise, Dennis Sleighter, meteorologist with the NWS in Blacksburg, Va., said Greenbrier, Summers and Monroe counties should see just a few lingering flurries or light snow showers.

“By midnight Sunday, it should be mostly cloudy to cloudy, with no additional precipitation,” he said. “There will be a trend toward decreasing cloudiness and no more precipitation throughout the day either.”

While snow, rain and ice caused treacherous driving conditions and prompted Gov. Joe Manchin to declare a state of emergency Friday, area 911 centers said they were surprised to report few accidents.

However, there were reports of downed tree limbs and power lines.

As of 7 p.m. Saturday, 567 Appalachian Power customers in Raleigh County were still without electricity, down from more than 2,000 Friday. Another 185 were without power in Mercer County.

Only 15 Allegheny Energy customers in Nicholas County remained without power Saturday evening, down from a high of more than 1,800 Friday.

But it was much worse in other parts of the state, particularly the north-central and Eastern Panhandle regions.

Allegheny Energy reported 51,335 customers statewide were without electricity Saturday evening, including 10,038 in Marion County and 8,803 in Monongalia County.

Allegheny Energy spokesman David Neurohr says the utility expects it will take several days to restore service to customers in its service area.

The West Virginia University basketball team was forced to spend an extra night in New York following its victory Saturday over St. John’s. Not only did the huge storm disrupt airline travel in the Northeast, but coach Bob Huggins said much of Morgantown was without power because of heavy snow.

The Mountaineers hope to return home today to prepare for Monday night’s key Big East showdown against Villanova.

Keyser received 25.5 inches of snow while 23 inches fell on Snowshoe Mountain, the weather service reported.

Meanwhile, the southern West Virginia area will have a few days to recover before the next weather maker arrives Tuesday.

Lewis said depending on what time the storm moves in, it could begin as rain or light snow.

“It will turn into a snow mix as the day progresses and then back over to snow Tuesday night,” the meteorologist said.

“Right now it looks like some snow will definitely accumulate, but as of now we don’t have the amounts fine-tuned.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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