A storm system moved from the gulf coast states slowly north along the eastern seaboard and intensified. Heavy snow fell across parts of northern West Virginia.
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.
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A storm system moved from the gulf coast states slowly north along the eastern seaboard and intensified. Heavy snow fell across parts of northern West Virginia. The heaviest snow was confined to the mountains.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 5 and 8 inches of snow fell across the county. The heaviest snowfall was confined to the higher elevations. Eight inches of snow was reported in Horse Shoe. In Aurora, 8.5 inches fell.
Heavy snow fell across the county. Six inches was fell in Parsons, while 17 inches was reported at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Fourteen inches fell just north of Dryfork.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, December 1997
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: 5623364, 5623365.