Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 2 to 3, 1996

Name: Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 2 to 3, 1996
Start: 1996-02-02T01:00
End: 1996-02-03T01:00
Location: West Virginia

February 2 to 3, 1996 · NWS RLX · 34 events in 34 counties and zones

A 5 to 10 inch snowfall was observed. Representative snowdepths at dawn on the 3rd included 10 inches at Alexander,9 inches at Richwood, 8 inches at Summersville, Beckley,Webster Springs, and Clendenin, 7 inches at Spencer, Huntington, Charleston, Madison, and Williamson, whileClarksburg, Buckhannon, Elkins, and Sutton all had 6 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 28 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 34

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 RLX wrote it up.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

34 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wayne

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cabell

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Cabell forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Mason

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Mason forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jackson

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wood

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pleasants

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Pleasants forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tyler

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Tyler forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lincoln

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Putnam

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kanawha

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Kanawha forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Roane

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Roane forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wirt

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Wirt forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Calhoun

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ritchie

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Ritchie forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Doddridge

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Doddridge forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Mingo

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Mingo forecast zone
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Logan

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Coordinates: 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Boone

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clay

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Braxton

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Braxton forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gilmer

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Gilmer forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lewis

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Lewis forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Harrison

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Harrison forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Taylor

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, McDowell

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: McDowell forecast zone
Coordinates: 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wyoming

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Wyoming forecast zone
Coordinates: 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Raleigh

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Raleigh forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Fayette

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Fayette forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Nicholas

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Nicholas forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Webster

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Webster forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Upshur

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Upshur forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Barbour

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Barbour forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pocahontas

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Pocahontas forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Randolph

When: February 2, 1:00 AM EST to February 3, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Randolph forecast zone

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, February 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5547512, 5547513, 5547514, 5547515, 5547516, 5547517, 5547518, 5547519, 5547520, 5547521, 5547522, 5547523, 5547524, 5547525, 5548134, 5548135, 5548136, 5548137, 5548138, 5548139, 5548140, 5548141, 5548142, 5548143, 5548144, 5548145, 5548146, 5548147, 5548148, 5548149, 5548150, 5548151, 5548152, 5548153.