Winter Weather, Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro
- When
- December 27, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Virginia, December 27, 1997
S. coast and raced northeast to Cape Hatteras.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 10
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 LWX wrote it up.
Low pressure developed rapidly along the southeast U.S. coast and raced northeast to Cape Hatteras. As it moved north, bands of light to moderate wet snow accumulated between 2 and 3 inches across portions of the western Virginia piedmont and central Shenandoah Valley during the afternoon of the 27th. Isolated locations, mainly at higher elevations in Augusta and Rockingham (VAZ025>026) Counties, received between 4 and 5 inches. Most of the snow accumulated on grassy surfaces; however, many secondary roads became slushy and/or snow covered for a time. Dozens of minor accidents were reported, but injuries were few and minor.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Rockingham / Harrisonburg
- When
- December 27, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham / Harrisonburg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Page
- When
- December 27, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Page forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Greene
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.298, -78.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Madison
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.414, -78.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Rappahannock
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rappahannock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Fauquier
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier forecast zone
Winter Weather, Loudoun
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun forecast zone
Winter Weather, Orange
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Culpeper
- When
- December 27, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Culpeper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Cold in New Mexico, December 27, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 30, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 27 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, December 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 1997
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: 5625705, 5625706, 5625707, 5625708, 5625709, 5625710, 5625711, 5625712, 5625713, 5625714.