Estimated snowfall from Feb. 8-9, 2021, showing the thin band of heavy snow from Winter Storm Roland in the Ohio Valley.

At a Glance

Quick-hitting Winter Storm Roland hammered the Ohio Valley.This storm brought 10 inches of snowfall to parts of the Cincinnati metro area.It also slickened roads from freezing drizzle in Oklahoma and Kansas.

A fast-moving low-pressure system, named Winter Storm Roland by The Weather Channel, dumped heavy snow in parts of the Ohio Valley before blanketing the Northeast with more modest snow.

This system produced more than 6 inches of snowfall in portions of southern Indiana, southern Ohio, far northern Kentucky and western Pennsylvania late on Feb. 8 into early Feb. 9.

Cincinnati's official reporting station picked up 9.8 inches of snow, making this the , or almost half their annual average snow (22.1 inches) in one evening.

Much of that snow in the Cincinnati metro area fell overnight, with snowfall rates measured at up to 4 inches per hour at Northern Kentucky International Airport in Covington.

Four to six inches of snow was reported in the Pittsburgh metro area, which made the Feb. 9 morning commute challenging.

Roland went on to spread mainly light snow - generally less than 6 inches - through central and upstate New York into New England, including Boston, Hartford, Albany, New York; and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Roland began producing major impacts as it began to develop on the morning of Feb. 8.

Freezing drizzle and light freezing rain laid down a glaze of ice on roads in Kansas, Oklahoma and southwest Missouri, leading to . Up to one quarter-inch of ice accumulation was reported in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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