Heavy Snow, Smyth
- When
- January 17, 9:30 PM EST to January 18, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Smyth forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.844, -81.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 17 to 18, 2000
Snow developed during the evening of the 17th and accumulated 6 to 10 inches before ending around daybreak on the 18th.
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
- 3
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 RNK wrote it up.
Snow developed during the evening of the 17th and accumulated 6 to 10 inches before ending around daybreak on the 18th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Carroll / Galax
- When
- January 17, 9:30 PM EST to January 18, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll / Galax forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.697, -80.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Grayson
- When
- January 17, 9:30 PM EST to January 18, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grayson forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.657, -81.225 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 17, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5133499, 5133500, 5133501.