Ice Storm, Carroll
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.697, -80.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Virginia, January 23, 1998
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Carroll, Patrick, Floyd, and Franklin Counties broke off tree numerous limbs.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 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.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Carroll, Patrick, Floyd, and Franklin Counties broke off tree numerous limbs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Floyd
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.932, -80.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Franklin
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.992, -79.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Patrick
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Patrick forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -80.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Florida, January 23 to 24, 1998
- Dense Fog in California, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 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: 5631151, 5631152, 5631153, 5631154.