Winter Weather, Fluvanna
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fluvanna forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.842, -78.277 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Virginia, January 9, 1997
Low pressure moved north along the eastern seaboard during Thursday, January 9, and spread 2 to 3 inches of snow across portions of the central piedmont and northern neck of Virginia. Between 3 and 4 inches of snow was reported at Palmyra in Fluvanna county and at Ashland in Hanover county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 9
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 AKQ wrote it up.
Low pressure moved north along the eastern seaboard during Thursday, January 9, and spread 2 to 3 inches of snow across portions of the central piedmont and northern neck of Virginia. Between 3 and 4 inches of snow was reported at Palmyra in Fluvanna county and at Ashland in Hanover county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Louisa
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Louisa forecast zone
Winter Weather, Cumberland
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.512, -78.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Goochland
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Goochland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.722, -77.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Hanover
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hanover forecast zone
Winter Weather, Caroline
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.027, -77.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, King and Queen
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- King and Queen forecast zone
Winter Weather, Essex
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
Winter Weather, Northumberland
- When
- January 9, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.882, -76.472 (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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 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: 5593965, 5593966, 5593967, 5593968, 5593969, 5593970, 5593971, 5593972, 5593973.