Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- February 8, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.406, -81.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 8, 1997
Heavy snow fell in portions of Mercer and Greenbier Counties during the morning and early afternoon hours on the 8th. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches in Mercer County with an isolated amount of 7 inches reported at Makoaka.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell in portions of Mercer and Greenbier Counties during the morning and early afternoon hours on the 8th. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches in Mercer County with an isolated amount of 7 inches reported at Makoaka. In Greenbrier County, snowfall amounts were mostly from 3 to 6 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Greenbrier
- When
- February 8, 1:30 AM EST to 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier forecast zone
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
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, February 8, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 8, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 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: 5588863, 5588864.