Winter Storm, Preston
- When
- December 26, 3:00 PM EST to December 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Preston forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 26 to 27, 1999
Strong, persistent northwest winds behind a cold front produced orographically enhanced snows to the higher elevations of Preston and Tucker Counties. Snowfall totals of 4 to 8 inches were found over the mountain ridges, with lesser amounts of 2 to 4 inches reported at lower elevations across the counties.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Strong, persistent northwest winds behind a cold front produced orographically enhanced snows to the higher elevations of Preston and Tucker Counties. Snowfall totals of 4 to 8 inches were found over the mountain ridges, with lesser amounts of 2 to 4 inches reported at lower elevations across the counties. Some of the higher snowfall totals included 8 inches in Thomas (Tucker County), 7 inches in Canaan Valley (Tucker) and 5 inches in Terra Alta (Preston).
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Tucker
- When
- December 26, 3:00 PM EST to December 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tucker forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 26, 1999
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 26 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 26, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Winter Storm in Maryland, December 26 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 26 to 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 26, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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: 5724792, 5724793.