Winter Weather, Pocahontas
- When
- May 3, 11:00 PM EST to May 4, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
Winter Weather in West Virginia, May 3 to 4, 1997
Snow fell across elevations above 3000 feet to the depth of 1 to 2 inches. This included the Cranberry Glades and Snowshoe.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Snow fell across elevations above 3000 feet to the depth of 1 to 2 inches. This included the Cranberry Glades and Snowshoe. Temperatures were in the upper 20s and lower 30s.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 3 to 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 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: 5598145.