Heavy Snow, Pocahontas
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM EST to April 3, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2005
Rain changed to snow in the wake of a strengthening low pressure system. Overnight accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were common, with as much as 9 inches above 3000 feet in elevation.
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 RLX wrote it up.
Rain changed to snow in the wake of a strengthening low pressure system. Overnight accumulations of 3 to 6 inches were common, with as much as 9 inches above 3000 feet in elevation. Dailey reported 5 inches, Pickens and Webster Springs had 6 inches. Kumbrabow State Forest measured a 9 inch accumulation at first light on the 3rd.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM EST to April 3, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Webster
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM EST to April 3, 7:00 AM 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
- Flash Flood in New York, April 2 to 3, 2005
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2 to 5, 2005
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2 to 5, 2005
- Flood in New Jersey, April 2 to 5, 2005
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, April 2 to 3, 2005
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, April 2, 2005
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 2, 2005
- Flooding in New Jersey, April 2 to 4, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, April 2 to 3, 2005
- Winter Storm in Ohio, April 2 to 3, 2005
- Flood in New Jersey, April 2 to 5, 2005
- Flood in New York, April 2 to 3, 2005
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 2005
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: 5444836, 5444837, 5444838.