Winter Storm, Pocahontas
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 2, 1999
Freezing rain and sleet accumulated a quarter to a half inch. In Pocahontas County, the depth wasaround 2 inches.
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
- 8
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.
Freezing rain and sleet accumulated a quarter to a half inch. In Pocahontas County, the depth wasaround 2 inches. Scattered power outages occurred. A gusty southeast wind gusted to 50 mph at Sophia.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Raleigh
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, Randolph
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, Webster
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, Wyoming
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fayette
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, McDowell
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Nicholas
- When
- January 2, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Utah, January 2, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 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: 5678914, 5678915, 5678916, 5678917, 5678918, 5679681, 5679682, 5679683.