Virginia, 2007

Winter Weather in Virginia, January 28 to 29, 2007

January 28 to 29, 2007 · NWS LWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cold front crossed the Mid Atlantic region during the morning hours of January 28. The eastern Great Lakes remained unfrozen, allowing lake effect snow showers to develop across the Allegheny Front and Potomac Highlands during the mid afternoon January 28 through the early morning hours of January 26.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 LWX wrote it up.

A cold front crossed the Mid Atlantic region during the morning hours of January 28. The eastern Great Lakes remained unfrozen, allowing lake effect snow showers to develop across the Allegheny Front and Potomac Highlands during the mid afternoon January 28 through the early morning hours of January 26. Snowfall amounts up to 3 inches were reported by the Virginia Department of Transportation across Highland County.

Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Highland

When
January 28, 10:00 AM EST to January 29, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Highland forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways

Snowfall amounts up to 3.0 inches were reported by the Virginia Department of Transportation across Highland County.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10148.