West Virginia, 2000

Ice Storm in West Virginia, February 18, 2000

February 18, 2000 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Pocahontas

When
February 18, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Pocahontas forecast zone
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Rains developed during the predawn hours, north of a warm front. Amounts of 0.3 to 0.4 fell with temperatures in the upper 20s to around 30. This caused a half inch of ice to accumulate, especially over northern sections of the county. Lesser amounts of freezing rain affected eastern portions of Randolph County.

What these are

Ice Storm
Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5130411.