Heavy Snow, Patrick
- When
- January 18, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Patrick forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -80.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 18, 2000
Snow developed around midnight on the 18th and accumulated around 6 inches before ending by mid morning.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 around midnight on the 18th and accumulated around 6 inches before ending by mid morning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Idaho, January 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18, 2000
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 18, 2000
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 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: 5133502.