The powerful snow storm that began with thundersnow and ice pellets Wednesday afternoon may be over, but Vienna residents and county crews are still trying to dig out and get roads back in order.

The storm began at 3 p.m. last night, and by the time rush hour hit it was clear some commuters would be stuck for a while. Twitter user WhitneyDrew told the story of a friend who had been stuck on 495 for five hours; some commutes took up to seven.

Several cars spun out near the Vienna metro, according to Twitter user Mark Poblete, and many abandoned their cars on the road all together.

This morning, readers reported that Maple Ave and Church Street are looking pretty clear. Though much of Vienna avoided the hundreds of thousands of power outages across Northern Virginia, some parts of town are still without power and cleared roads.

Here's a timeline of the snow based on comments from readers via Facebook, Twitter and Vienna Patch.

Jan. 26

3:30 p.m.: ColinStorm via Twitter: "Thunder has begun in Falls Church, along with some sleet.

4:00 p.m.: Vienna Patch via Facebook: "Maple Ave Restaurant is closed for the night. So is Caffe Amouri and Jammin' Java canceled their show. Send more cancellations as you hear them!"

Jennifer Crawford via Facebook replied "The Soundry is open! Oops--you wanted cancellations:)", to which Joey Hernandez later replied "brave souls."

4:46 p.m.: KingstownePatch via Twitter RT @ViennaPatch: RT @fairfaxcounty: Many meetings have been canceled due to the weather. View Schedule: http://go.usa.gov/YD6

4:58 p.m.: map408psu via Twitter said "Multiple cars spun out in the road near north lot (VA Center Blvd) at @ViennaPatch metro station. "

5:03 p.m.: Vienna Patch asks @map408psu via Twitter "Any plows or salt/sand trucks down there, or are the roads untreated?"

5:03 p.m.: map408psu responds "@ViennaPatch None in sight. Sutton backed up from Blake to Oakton High."

5:05 p.m.:map408psu via Twitter "http://yfrog.com/h88wavzj Untreated roads outside @OaktonPatch H.S. "

5:10 p.m.: Vienna Patch on Facebook "A list of accidents and roads to avoid in the snow. We'll update as we get information. Add your own in the comments, or here http://patch.com/A-d7mG "

5:16 p.m.: Reader Tara Miller says "Center Street & Lawyers Road both have cars that couldn't make it up the hill from Maple Avenue, and are sliding all around. It's really bad out there." Gayle Miller added "Some jerk drove across my front yard on Lawyers Road to get around a stuck car."

5:34 p.m.: map408psu says via Twitter "3/4" snow accum. on my car in the 45-min. drive from @ViennaPatch metro to my condo in @OaktonPatch. Incredible. @capitalweather #dcsnow"

6:20 p.m.: map408psu says via Twitter "@ViennaPatch Lights are flickering in my place. Have a feeling it won't be long 'til we go dark. #patchsnowteam"

7:14 p.m.: Vienna Patch via Facebook reports "Fairfax County Public Schools CLOSED tomorrow http://patch.com/A-d7zR"

7:32 p.m.: map408psu says via Twitter "And there goes the power. @ViennaPatch @OaktonPatch #dcsnow"

9:00 p.m.: Via Facebook,  Sarah Osborne says "Vienna Parks and Recreation's snow policy states "If there is no school because of snow or a holiday, all classes are canceled."

10:00 p.m.: Magdalene Torres posts a picture on Facebook "Snow in Vienna," of Carey Lane behind Madison High School

10:35 p.m.: Twitter user whitneydrew says "@ViennaPatch a friend of mine has been on 495 for 5 hours. Still not moving."

Jan. 27

12:00 a.m.: Vienna Patch on Facebook says "Police are considering closing Lawyers Rd at Hunter Mill Rd to "prevent any more accidents from happening there"

Facebook user Jennifer Carr responds "Please do that!!!!"

12:10 a.m.: on Twitter, Drowknowsbest says "@ViennaPatch patch snow team! Nice! I have no power all I have is twitter on my phone till it dies lol"

Between midnight and 1 a.m.: Facebook user Amie Aguiar posts a picture of "Snowy Curzon Court." He says "There are lots of branches coming down around my neighborhood and in Nottoway park because the snow is so heavy!" "Everyone around here seems to still have power, although while we were at Nottoway Park the scoreboard on one of the fields kept turning on each time we saw lightning. It was kind of spooky."

Viola Schwartz replied "This is my neighborhood, was walking on this street at abour 21 00 with my Boston and Chihuahua. Wish I had pics, they were so cute
all snug in their coats! A neighbor just up from here, had a tree so
laden with snow that 2 huge branches fell across her driveway! Luckily, I had already cleared my bushes and trees. It will surely cause a lot of damage in the area. So lucky with the power, we rarely have trouble with loosing it. I saw the lightning too, very impressive but other worldly! I feel sorry for all the people who were stuck on rte 66 and at Tysons."

1:24 a.m.: Vienna Patch ‎on Facebook says "100,000+ Fairfax residents lost power Weds. Vienna seemed to avoid most outages: http://patch.com/A-d7Q0 Did you lose power? #patchsnowteam

7 a.m.: Facebook user Jeffrey Anderson says "Some burps and lots of flickers but Wolftrap area seems to be ok." and "Liberty Tree Lane is plowed curb to curb - last year we had to hire someone .. this year they nailed it."

8:55 a.m.: map408psu says via Twitter "Traffic signals out on Sutton/VA Center (near @ViennaPatch #WMATA), trees and branches everywhere. @OaktonPatch #dcsnow"

9 a.m.: Facebook user Sallie Chase Johnson posts a picture of Glyndon Street SE. "We have power, but I hear that folks up on Moore Ave do not."

9:20 a.m.: A reader reports "lots of abandoned cars out there + Cottage St from Cedar to gallows had lots of sagging power lines."

9:50 a.m.: Facebook user Maria Alvarez-Lundie says "We haven't seen a plow yet. 2 of my neighbors have wire that is hanging kinda low over the road, not sure a big truck could come through.

At 10:21 a.m., she updated: "[We are in] NE - we are the last side street off Old Courthouse Rd. on the edge of Town. Old Courthouse was completely done last night. THEY JUST CAME BY!! YEAH! Love this town!"

10:26 a.m.: Martin Cooley says via Facebook that traffic signals were also out "As well as at Hunter Mill and Lawyers."

Click through our photo gallery to see snapshots of the snow throughout Vienna on Jan. 26 and 27 submitted by readers.