Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- February 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2002
As colder air rushed in, following a cold frontal passage, snow accumulated 1 to 5 inches. The daytime high temperature on the 27th was only 6 degrees on the mountaintop at Snowshoe.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 6
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.
As colder air rushed in, following a cold frontal passage, snow accumulated 1 to 5 inches. The daytime high temperature on the 27th was only 6 degrees on the mountaintop at Snowshoe.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Nicholas
- When
- February 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- February 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- February 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Upshur
- When
- February 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 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 26, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 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
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, February 26 to 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 26 to 27, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26, 2002
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, February 26 to 27, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2002
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: 5278816, 5278817, 5278818, 5278819, 5278820, 5278821.