Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- September 25, 5:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, September 25, 2001
In the wake of a cold frontal passage on the 24th, the first snow flakes of the season, for West Virginia, were spotted on the ridges above 4000 feet in elevation. There was no accumulation.
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.
In the wake of a cold frontal passage on the 24th, the first snow flakes of the season, for West Virginia, were spotted on the ridges above 4000 feet in elevation. There was no accumulation.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- September 25, 5:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph 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
- Dust Storm in Oregon, September 25, 2001
- Wildfire in California, September 25 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 25, 2001
- High Surf in California, September 25, 2001
- Dust Storm in Washington, September 25, 2001
- High Wind in Idaho, September 25, 2001
- Dust Storm in Idaho, September 25, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, September 25, 2001
- High Wind in California, September 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, September 25, 2001
- High Wind in Nevada, September 25, 2001
- High Wind in California, September 25, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, September 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: 5262954, 5262955.