Cold/Wind Chill, Buchanan
- When
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Virginia, September 4 to 5, 1997
Dawn temperatures on both the 4th and 5th were in the upper 30s to mid 40s. The coolest readings were on the 5th, with 37 degrees from Clintwood and 38 degrees from Birchleaf.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Dawn temperatures on both the 4th and 5th were in the upper 30s to mid 40s. The coolest readings were on the 5th, with 37 degrees from Clintwood and 38 degrees from Birchleaf.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Dickenson
- When
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, September 4 to 15, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, September 4, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 4, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Cold in Kentucky, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 4, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, September 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 4, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Colorado, September 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, September 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: 5614094, 5614095.