West Virginia, 2000

Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 29 to 30, 2000

January 29 to 30, 2000 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A southeast upslope wind aided in a 6 to 10 inch snow accumulation.

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 RLX wrote it up.

A southeast upslope wind aided in a 6 to 10 inch snow accumulation.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Pocahontas

When
January 29, 9:00 PM EST to January 30, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Pocahontas forecast zone
Reported by
AIRPLANE PILOT

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

More

Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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: 5126748.