Winter Storm, Bedford
- When
- March 7, 8:30 PM EST to March 8, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.315, -79.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Virginia, March 7 to 8, 1996
Snow developed across portions of west-central and south-central Virginia during the evening hours on the 7th and continued until the morning hours on the 8th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches in Rockbridge, Amherst and Campbell Counties and from 2 to 4 inches in Bedford, Appomattox, Buckingham 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.
Snow developed across portions of west-central and south-central Virginia during the evening hours on the 7th and continued until the morning hours on the 8th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches in Rockbridge, Amherst and Campbell Counties and from 2 to 4 inches in Bedford, Appomattox, Buckingham and Charlotte Counties. Slippery road conditions resulted in several 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
- March 7, 8:30 PM EST to March 8, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Appomattox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.372, -78.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Buckingham
- When
- March 7, 8:30 PM EST to March 8, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buckingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.572, -78.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Charlotte
- When
- March 7, 8:30 PM EST to March 8, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charlotte forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.012, -78.662 (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 Alabama, March 7 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, March 7 to 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 7 to 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 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: 5547847, 5547848, 5547849, 5547850.