Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
Start: 2001-02-22T07:00
End: 2001-02-22T14:00
Location: West Virginia

February 22, 2001 · NWS RLX · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

Snow accumulated 1 to 4 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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.

Snow accumulated 1 to 4 inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 3:46 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:46 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
346 AM EST THU FEB 22 2001

SATELLITE AND SURFACE MAP TELL THE STORY.  SYSTEM STRUGGLING TO
THROW MOISTURE INTO THE COLD...INITIALLY DRY AIRMASS.  MID LEVEL
ONLY TURNING TO ABOUT 240 DEGS.  ADVISORIES WILL BE LIMITED S OF
HTS-CRW-EKN. NO WARNINGS FOR SYSTEM LASTING ABOUT 4-6 HOURS.
BACK EDGE OF MID LEVEL SHOULD REACH CRW BETWEEN 15-16Z.

NO OTHER BIG CHANGES IN ZONES INTO THE WEEKEND.

.RLX...
WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS MRNG FOR WVZ024>025-033.
     FOR MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO EARLY AFTN FOR WVZ034>036.
     FOR SNOW/SLEET.

VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS MRNG FOR ZONES VAZ003>004
     FOR MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END / BATTY

In the hours before

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The radar

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Event by event

11 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Barbour

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Barbour forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Braxton

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Braxton forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Doddridge

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Doddridge forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gilmer

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lewis

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Lewis forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pocahontas

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Pocahontas forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Randolph

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Ritchie

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Ritchie forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Taylor

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Upshur

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Upshur forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Webster

When: February 22, 7:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Webster 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

Every storm in West Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, February 2001

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: 5229078, 5229079, 5229080, 5229081, 5229082, 5229083, 5229084, 5229085, 5229086, 5229087, 5229088.