Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 9 to 10, 1999
Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches fell in the Ohio Valley counties, 4 to 8 inches along the Interstate 79 corridor, and finally 8 to 12 inches in the mountains of Randolph and Pocahontas Counties. Elkins snow depth went from a trace to 9 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 6
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.
Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches fell in the Ohio Valley counties, 4 to 8 inches along the Interstate 79 corridor, and finally 8 to 12 inches in the mountains of Randolph and Pocahontas Counties. Elkins snow depth went from a trace to 9 inches. The total snow depth from the 3 early March storms reached 33 inches at the mountain station of Snowshoe on the 10th. That was their deepest snow depth of the winter.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Barbour
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upshur
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Webster
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, March 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, March 9, 1999
- Sleet in North Carolina, March 9, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 9 to 10, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 9, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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: 5682648, 5682756, 5682757, 5682758, 5682759, 5682760.