Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- March 20, 10:00 PM EST to March 21, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 20 to 21, 2000
Spring started on a wintry note, as an east to southeast wind produced 1 to 5 inches of snow. This occurred mainly across northern Pocahontas and eastern Randolph counties.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Spring started on a wintry note, as an east to southeast wind produced 1 to 5 inches of snow. This occurred mainly across northern Pocahontas and eastern Randolph counties. Bartow reported 5 inches, Harman 3 inches, and Seneca State Forest 2 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- March 20, 10:00 PM EST to March 21, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas 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
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 20 to 21, 2000
- High Wind in Utah, March 20 to 21, 2000
- High Wind in California, March 20 to 21, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, March 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 20 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 20 to 21, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 20 to 21, 2000
- Dense Fog in Iowa, March 20 to 21, 2000
- Dense Fog in Illinois, March 20 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 20 to 21, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5132631, 5132632.