Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- March 20, 7:00 PM EST to March 21, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 20 to 21, 2001
A well developed cyclonic circulation over the southeastern states on the 20th, produced an easterly upslope flow into the upper Greenbrier Valley and eastern portions of Randolph County. Snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches were common above 2600 feet in elevation.
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.
A well developed cyclonic circulation over the southeastern states on the 20th, produced an easterly upslope flow into the upper Greenbrier Valley and eastern portions of Randolph County. Snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches were common above 2600 feet in elevation. Snowshoe had 7 inches. Bartow reported a 6 inch snow depth from the storm. Harman had a 5 inch snow cover.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- March 20, 7:00 PM EST to March 21, 9:00 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
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Flood in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in Georgia, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in South Carolina, March 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, March 20, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, March 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: 5230595, 5230596.