At a Glance

A state trooper says 50 to 75 vehicles were stuck on U.S. 33 north of Charlottesville, Virginia.A few crashes were reported, but there were no injuries.The highway was closed for more than four hours.

Ice and snow left dozens of vehicles stuck or disabled Thursday afternoon on a highway north of Charlottesville, Virginia.

U.S. 33 was closed for more than four hours beginning about 1 p.m. at the Greene/Rockingham county line to Dyke Road in Stanardsville, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.

At least 30 vehicles were stuck on the road over Swift Run Gap, Sandy Myers, communications manager for the VDOT Staunton District, told weather.com.

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Sgt. Brent Coffey of the Virginia State Police told WHSV.com were on the mountain. Coffey said there had been a few crashes on the road, but no injuries were reported.

U.S. 33 is the route most used by commuters between the Shenandoah Valley and Charlottesville, Myers said. It is also an access point to Shenandoah National Park.

Snow plows and tow trucks worked to clear the highway Thursday afternoon, and it was reopened at about 5 p.m.

The heavy, wet snow began falling in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia as a coastal storm moved up the East Coast, weather.com meteorologist said. The snow was observed mainly above 3,000 feet in elevation.

A winter storm warning remains in effect for the Blue Ridge Mountains until 10 p.m.

The rest of the mid-Atlantic saw a soaking rain, which produced some flooding in parts of Virginia.

The transportation department said numerous secondary roads were closed by the flooding.