Heavy Snow, Lee
- When
- January 5, 4:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 36.705, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 5, 2003
M. and ending around noon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 MRX wrote it up.
Heavy snow of 4 to 6 inches fell over southwest Virginia beginning around 4 A.M. and ending around noon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Russell
- When
- January 5, 4:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Russell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 36.934, -82.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Scott
- When
- January 5, 4:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 36.714, -82.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Washington / Bristol
- When
- January 5, 4:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington / Bristol forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 36.661, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wise / Norton
- When
- January 5, 4:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wise / Norton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 36.954, -82.625 (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
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, January 5 to 7, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2003
- High Wind in Utah, January 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 5, 2003
- High Wind in Arizona, January 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2003
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 5 to 6, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5339822, 5339823, 5339824, 5339825, 5339887.