Winter Storm, Campbell
- When
- January 12, 1:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.310, -79.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Virginia, January 12, 1996
Heavy snow developed in southwest Virginia before midnight on the 11th and spread northeast. Sleet and freezing rain mixed with the snow in Pittsylvania, Campbell, Appomattox, Buckingham, Halifax and Charlotte Counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Heavy snow developed in southwest Virginia before midnight on the 11th and spread northeast. Sleet and freezing rain mixed with the snow in Pittsylvania, Campbell, Appomattox, Buckingham, Halifax and Charlotte Counties. Snow fall amounts were mainly from 4 to 6 inches along and west of the Blue Ridge, around 4 inches in Patrick, Franklin, Henry, Bedford, and Amherst Counties, and from 2 to 4 inches in Pittsylvania, Campbell, Appomattox, Buckingham, Halifax, and Charlotte Counties. Hazardous road conditions resulted in numerous traffic accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Appomattox
- When
- January 12, 1:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Appomattox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.372, -78.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Charlotte
- When
- January 12, 1:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charlotte forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.012, -78.662 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Buckingham
- When
- January 12, 1:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buckingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.572, -78.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in South Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, January 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5542266, 5542267, 5542268, 5542269.