Heavy Snow, Bath
- When
- February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bath forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.059, -79.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 6, 1998
Heavy snow during the morning and early afternoon hours on the 6th dropped 4 to 8 inches of snow on much of Alleghany and Bath Counties. Hazardous road conditions resulted in several traffic accidents.
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
- 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 during the morning and early afternoon hours on the 6th dropped 4 to 8 inches of snow on much of Alleghany and Bath Counties. Hazardous road conditions resulted in several traffic accidents.
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, Alleghany
- When
- February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.791, -80.000 (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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in California, February 6 to 9, 1998
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 6, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, February 6, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 6, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 6, 1998
- Flooding in Nevada, February 6, 1998
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 6, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, February 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 6, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 6, 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: 5635201, 5635202.