Winter Storm, Buchanan
- When
- February 3, 7:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
A slow moving coastal storm and prolong easterly winds aloft, gave several periods of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. By Friday morning on the 6th, snow depths of 3 to 8 inches in the valleys were measured.
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
- $150,000
- 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.
A slow moving coastal storm and prolong easterly winds aloft, gave several periods of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. By Friday morning on the 6th, snow depths of 3 to 8 inches in the valleys were measured. Over the mountains of Dickenson County, snow depths increased upwards of a foot.This caused a second, but a more minor, episode of tree limbs breaking, when compared to the storm of late January.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Dickenson
- When
- February 3, 7:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, February 1998
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: 5629605, 5629606.