Heavy Snow, Greenbrier
- When
- March 5, 10:00 PM EST to March 6, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 5 to 6, 2001
Snow late at night on the 5th through the evening of the 6th accumulated from 6 to 12 inches, with over 18 inches in some of the higher elevations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 RNK wrote it up.
Snow late at night on the 5th through the evening of the 6th accumulated from 6 to 12 inches, with over 18 inches in some of the higher elevations.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 5, 9:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:00 PM EST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
900 PM EST MON MAR 5 2001
ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS HAVE FINALLY MOVED INTO ALL OF THE
COUNTIES UNDER WARNINGS...EVEN SOME FURTHER EAST. HAVE TOYED WITH
THE IDEA OF AN ADVISORY FOR THE BLUE RIDGE WEST TO THE WESTERN
SLOPES AREAS...BUT STILL FEEL LIKE MOST AREAS WILL ONLY SEE AN INCH
OR SO. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A BREAK EAST OF
THE WESTERN SLOPES BEHIND THIS BAND ALONG THE WV/VA BORDER. SEEMS TO
BE ASSOC WITH A VORT LOBE AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW IN NORTH CENTRAL
OH. WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING
AREAS BASED ON REPORTS SO FAR...SEE BELOW. WILL LOWER MIN TEMPS
MOST LOCATIONS ONE CATEGORY BASED ON CURRENT OBS AND 18Z M-ETA
BUFKIT SOUNDINGS.
SNOWFALL THROUGH 830 PM
WV
GREENBRIER COUNTY...5 TO 6 INCHES MARFRANCE 3 INCHES LEONARD/CORDOVA
1 TO 2 INCHES ASBURY
SUMMERS COUNTY...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH
MERCER COUNTY...3 INCHES MATOAKA 1 INCH PRINCETON
MONROE COUNTY...AROUND 1/2 INCH COUNTYWIDE
VA
TAZEWELL COUNTY...1 1/2 INCHES NEAR TAZEWELL
NC
WATAUGA COUNTY...2 TO 3 INCHES BEECH MTN 1/2 INCH IN BOONE
.RNK...
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT NCZ001-018
WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NCZ001>006-018>020
VA...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT VAZ007-009-015
WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
VAZ007-009>020-022>02C4-032>035-043>047-058-059.
WV...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT WVZ042-043-045
WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WVZ042>045.
06The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- March 5, 10:00 PM EST to March 6, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.406, -81.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Summers
- When
- March 5, 10:00 PM EST to March 6, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Summers forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.656, -80.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 5 to 6, 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: 5235461, 5235462, 5235463.