Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 5, 2007

Name: Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 5, 2007
Start: 2007-12-05T04:00
End: 2007-12-05T21:00
Location: West Virginia

December 5, 2007 · NWS RLX · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

A fast moving low pressure system moved southeast through West Virginia on the 5th. The low center passed along the Interstate 64 corridor.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

A fast moving low pressure system moved southeast through West Virginia on the 5th. The low center passed along the Interstate 64 corridor. Snow accumulated 2 to 6 inches across northern and central counties. This clipper type storm was the first accumulating snow of the winter season for many of the lowland counties.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 4, 6:37 PM EST, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 6:37 PM EST, 9 hours 23 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

16 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Barbour

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Barbour forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Calhoun

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Doddridge

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Doddridge forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Gilmer

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Harrison

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Harrison forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lewis

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Lewis forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pleasants

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Pleasants forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pocahontas

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Pocahontas forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather, Randolph

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather, Ritchie

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Ritchie forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Taylor

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Tyler

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Tyler forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Upshur

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Upshur forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Webster

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather, Wirt

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Wirt forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Wood

When: December 5, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in West Virginia in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, December 2007

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: 63052, 63053, 63054, 63055, 63056, 63057, 63058, 63059, 63061, 63062, 63063, 63064, 63065, 63066, 63067, 63068.