Heavy Snow, Greenbrier
- When
- December 5, 6:00 AM EST to December 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier forecast zone
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 5 to 6, 1997
Moderate to heavy snow developed during the morning hours on the 5th and continued to the early evening hours on the 6th. Snowfall amounts were generally from 4 to 8 inches with local amounts near a foot.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 RNK wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy snow developed during the morning hours on the 5th and continued to the early evening hours on the 6th. Snowfall amounts were generally from 4 to 8 inches with local amounts near a foot. Hazardous road conditions resulted in numerous minor traffic accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- December 5, 6:00 AM EST to December 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.406, -81.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Monroe
- When
- December 5, 6:00 AM EST to December 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.560, -80.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Summers
- When
- December 5, 6:00 AM EST to December 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Summers forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.656, -80.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Winter Weather in California, December 5 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 5 to 7, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 5 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 5 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 5 to 6, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626902, 5626903, 5626904, 5626905.