Heavy Snow, Bedford / Bedford
- When
- January 30, 8:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bedford / Bedford forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.315, -79.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 30, 2003
Snow during the morning and afternoon of the 30th accumulated 4 to 7 inches across Bedford, Campbell, and Buckingham counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 during the morning and afternoon of the 30th accumulated 4 to 7 inches across Bedford, Campbell, and Buckingham counties.
The 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, Buckingham
- When
- January 30, 8:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buckingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.572, -78.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Campbell / Lynchburg
- When
- January 30, 8:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell / Lynchburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.310, -79.119 (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
- Cold in Illinois, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30, 2003
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Colorado, January 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 30, 2003
- High Wind in Oregon, January 30 to 31, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 30 to 31, 2003
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5339626, 5339627, 5339628.