Winter Weather, Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro
- When
- December 24, 9:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Virginia, December 24, 1999
An upper level disturbance moved across Central Virginia on Christmas Eve morning. This system produced a period of light now between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
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
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved across Central Virginia on Christmas Eve morning. This system produced a period of light now between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Augusta County, in addition to Staunton and Waynesboro, received less than an inch of accumulation. However, it was just enough now to make untreated roads slippery. Augusta County officials reported up to 40 traffic accidents backed up to investigate by midday. A few accidents involved significant injuries. In the city of Waynesboro, officials reported a handful of fender benders. Staunton police tallied nearly 60 weather related traffic accidents during the event. Snowfall totals included 0.7 inches at Craigsville and 0.5 inches in Staunton. In Nelson County, the town of Montebello reported an accumulation of 3.1 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Nelson
- When
- December 24, 9:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 24, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 24 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 24, 1999
- Cold in Alaska, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Texas, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 1999
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: 5721980, 5721981.