Heavy Snow, Buchanan
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to March 4, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 3 to 4, 1999
A low pressure system strengthened rapidly in central Virginia, in the wake of a strong cold frontal passage. Rain changed to wet snow, then wind blown dry snow after sunset on the 3rd.
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 RLX wrote it up.
A low pressure system strengthened rapidly in central Virginia, in the wake of a strong cold frontal passage. Rain changed to wet snow, then wind blown dry snow after sunset on the 3rd. In the river valleys, snow depths of 3 to 8 inches were recorded. Hurley had 8 inches on the ground. Clintwood measured 7 inches. Above 2500 feet, snow depths of a foot were common with considerable drifting. Schools were closed on the 4th.
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, Dickenson
- When
- March 3, 11:00 AM EST to March 4, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, March 3 to 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, March 3, 1999
- Storm Surge in Washington, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 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: 5682611, 5682612.