Coastal low pressure produced between four and nineteen inches of snow across central and eastern Virginia from Friday afternoon, December 18th, into Saturday evening December 19th.
Every event with a place to put it; 19 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Coastal low pressure produced between four and nineteen inches of snow across central and eastern Virginia from Friday afternoon, December 18th, into Saturday evening December 19th.
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 18, 1:07 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
107 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO THE NORTH OF THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST. THE LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
TRACKS NORTHEAST OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
MADE A FEW UPDATES TO THE WINTER STORM HEADLINES...SEE LATEST
WSWAKQ FOR DETAILS .CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY CLOUDY AND COLD AS
EXPECTED AS OF NOON...WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 30S...ALTHOUGH THEY
ARE A TAD HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SE VA AND NE NC...MID
40S.
TRENDS IN OVERRUNNING PRECIP SHOW A COLD RAIN DEVELOPING OVER MUCH
OF CNTRL AND WRN NC...RAIN AT CLT...WHICH MAY NOT BODE REAL WELL
FOR HVY SNOW ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF I-95 TONIGHT. STAY TUNED.
ONLY OTHER CHANGE WAS TO BRING PRECIP IN SLIGHTLY FASTER THIS
EVENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS WITH THE DAY SHIFT YDA...FELT THE 21Z/17DEC SREF WAS A DECENT
COMPROMISE BETWEEN 00Z NAM AND NEW ECMWF...AND THIS TRACK SEEMS TO
MESH WELL WITH NEW SREF PLUME DATA...HPC SNOWFALL GUIDANCE AND THE
SFC LOW TRACK. 00Z GFS IS BY FAR THE FLATTEST WITH THE STORM TRACK
AND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE LEAST WEIGHT WITH THIS PACKAGE.
TONIGHT/SAT...PRECIP CHCS GO CATEGORICAL /80% OR GREATER/ OVER
SRN TIER OF COUNTIES AFTER SR TONIGHT...WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE
SETTING UP IN THE VCNTY OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR/POSSIBLY A BIT TO THE
EAST. CHALLENGING FCST TO SAY THE LEAST FOR SNOW AMTS...AND
EXACTLY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS WL BE THE KEY. OVERALL
AREAS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF I-95 SHOULD BE SEEING SIG SNOW
OVERNGT TNGT/SAT/SAT EVENING...BUT IT MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL SAT
AFTN/EVENG FARTHER EAST AS COLDER AIR PUSHES IN AS LOW LVL WINDS
TURN MORE N OR NNW WITH SECOND ROUND OF HVY PCPN AS SFC LOW
DEEPENS OFF THE SOUTHERN MID-ATL COAST W/POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WRAP AROUND SNOW SAT NGT...BUT MORE ON THAT SHORTLY. NOTICED A
NARROW STRIP OF NEGATIVE EPV IS NOTED ALONG AT H6-7 LATE
TONIGHT/ERY SATURDAY MORNING. CONVECTIVE PROCESSES APPEAR MORE
SLANTWISE THAN UPRIGHT FOR TSSN (UPRIGHT INSTABILITY BEING THE
MORE IDEAL). STILL...A PERIOD OF THUNDERSNOW WITH THAT FGEN BAND
CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION LATE THIS EVENING...AND HV ADDED
HVY SNOW WORDING TO FAR NW COUNTIES WHERE CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGHEST.
OVERALL...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TO BE RECKONED WITH TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE WHAT SHOULD BE A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOW
TOTALS. NAM SOUNDINGS AND TOP DOWN APPROACH WOULD BOTH ALLOW FOR
ANY MIXED PCPN TO TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW ACROSS I-95 CORRIDOR
AND WEST LATE TNGT AND OVERNIGHT. ACROSS EASTERN TIER OF WINTER
STORM WARNING THOUGH...AS WELL AS INTO THE WATCH AREA...IT
APPEARS REASONABLE ATTM THAT PERIODIC MIXING WITH SLEET (IP) ARE
POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON EXACT COASTAL LOW TRACK. OBVIOUSLY...THIS
COULD SERVE TO LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...PERHAPS
SIGNIFICANTLY...EAST OF METRO RIC AND OVER THE PENINSULA/NORTHERN
NECK. HV ADDED PERIODS OF SLEET WORDING TO THE FORECAST FOR NOW
AND HV TRIED TO EMPHASIZE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS WESTERN
AREAS OF THE CWA IN WSW PRODUCT.
A FLOOD WATCH WAS BRIEFLY CONSIDERED FOR THIS SAME AREA INTO NE
CAROLINA GIVEN ISSUES WITH PCPN ALREADY THIS FALL. HOWEVER...AFTER
COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES...HV DECIDED TO HOLD OFF
FOR THE MOMENT AND OUTLOOK IN HWO INSTEAD.
SAT NGT...
BEST FORCING LOOKS TO SLIDE ENE...WITH SIG ACCUMS STILL
POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE MD ERN
SHORE. HAMPTON ROADS MAY EVEN GET INTO THE ACTION LATER SAT
NGT...BUT THIS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON HOW MUCH OF A TROWAL
CAN DEVELOP. HV HELD OFF SINCE IT IS IN PERIOD 3.5-4 RIGHT
NOW...BUT LTR SHIFTS WL LKLY NEED TO CONSIDER WINTER WX ADVISORY
FOR HAMPTON ROADS AND LOWER PENINSULA.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
BEHIND THIS WEEKENDS SYSTEM WX RETURNS TO MORE QUIET, COLD AND DRY
CONDITIONS...AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY WHEN ANOTHER
SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT THE REGION. NW FLOW
ALOFT CONTINUES MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPS...AND SFC HIGH PRES
REMAINS IN CONTROL OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN US. NO POPS FOR THE
EXTENDED PERIOD...UNTIL THU NIGHT AND FRI...INCREASED POPS TO 20-30
PERCENT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FAR OUT IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD, BASED ON
THIS CONTINUING SOUTHERN STREAM PATTERN.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES THIS AFTN AS FCST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK.
VFR CONDS WL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CONDS BY EARLY EVNG AND EVENTUALLY
IFR/LIFR EARLY SAT MRNG AS CSTL STORM MVS FROM THE SE U.S. UP
THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC. FIRST BAND OF PCPN CURRENTLY MVG THROUGH
CENTRAL NC AND WL REACH NERN NC AND VA/NC BORDER BY 20Z FRI. PCPN WL
THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD N AND E THROUGH THE EVNG. P-TYPE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ALL LIQUID OVERNIGHT SE VA/NE NC TAF SITES. A RA/SN MIX
ALONG AND W OF I-95 (INCLUDING RIC) THIS EVNG WL TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW BY 02Z SAT. AS THE LOW MVS UP THE CAROLINA CST...NE WNDS WL
INCREASE ACRS SE TAF SITES (PHF/ORF/ECG) TO AROUND 15 TO 20 KT
SUSTAINED BY 04Z SAT. FURTHER INLAND...WNDS WL INCREASE TO AROUND
1O TO 15 KT. GUSTY WNDS WL BE AT PEAK SAT WITH CSTL TAF SITES
POSSIBLY GETTING UP TO 45 KT AND COULD GENERALLY SEE A MIXTURE OF
PRECIP TYPES....MORE FROZEN WEST...MORE LIQUID TO THE SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST. THINGS CLEAR TO VFR FROM SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON BUT MAY SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS HANG ON UNTIL LATER INTO
THE DAY AT ORF AND SBY.
&&
.MARINE...
AS WE ARE PRESENTLY IN THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM...CURRENT FCST
LOOKS GOOD WITH LITTLE CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE NEAR/SHORT TERM.
TODAY...AS STORM SYSTEM GETS SPUN UP OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AND
HEADS NORTHEAST...WILL BE A RELATIVELY QUIET 12 HOURS OR SO
WEATHER-WISE BEFORE THINGS BEGIN TO REALLY DETERIORATE. GFS HAS
WINDS STARTING TO INCRS FROM SOUTHERN WATERS IN THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS AND GETTING PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SATURDAY...THE NAM IS JUST A TAD SLOWER. HEADLINES CURRENTLY UP FOR
GALES BEGINNING AT 03Z SATURDAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER TIME. WITH
THIS PACKAGE...DECIDED TO KEEP THINGS BELOW STORM CRITERIA WITH
GUSTS REMAINING LESS THAT 47 KTS SATURDAY EVENING. GALE CONDITIONS
WL LINGER ALONG NORTHERN COASTAL AREAS ON THE BACK SIDE AS THE
SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. WITH RESPECT TO THE HIGH SURF POTENTIAL...WL POST
ADVISORY BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND GOING TO MIDNIGHT (05Z)
SATURDAY SOUTH AND 09Z FURTHER NORTH AS SEAS ARE LIKELY TO BUILD TO
OVER 8 FT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS LOW SWEEPS BY. PRES GRADIENT WL
GRADUALLY RELAX INTO SUNDAY BUT WL LIKELY HAVE SCA FLAGS SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE APPOMATTOX AT
MATTOAX...AND CONTINUES FOR MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE NOTTOWAY NEAR
SEBRELL.
WITH THE IMPENDING COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING AND APPROACHING THE
REGION...AT THE ONSET IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS WL GET MOSTLY FROZEN
PCPN AND MORE LIQUID TO THE EAST. WITH THE LOW ONE-HOUR FFG
VALUES...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE EAST WOULD PRODUCE HIGH RUNOFF
RATES AND FLOODING OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. AT FIRST GLANCE
THE PRIME AREAS ARE ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA INTO NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA. THESE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE NORFOLK/TIDEWATER AREAS ARE TO
BE STRONGLY CONSIDERED FOR A POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
GUIDANCE TRENDING TOWARDS ANOTHER ROUND OF MINOR/MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING OVER EAST-FACING LOCALES WITH STRONG ONSHORE FLOW SATURDAY
MORNING INTO SUNDAY. MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ALONG THE SE VA AND NE NC COAST SAT MORNING/EARLY AFTN. HV ISSUED A
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH BASED ON TIDAL ANOMALIES OF 2 TO 2.5 ABV MLLW.
WITH GUIDANCE DEPARTURES TRENDING HIGHER TO MODERATE GOING NORTH
HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE WATCH UP THE COAST TO OCEAN CITY. ATTM IT
APPEARS THAT OCEAN CITY IS MARGINAL BUT WL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE IN THE WATCH.
&&
.CLIMATE...
POTENTIAL FOR NEAR HISTORIC STORM FOR DEC...AT RICHMOND THE LAST
DEC EVENT W/ >= 6 OCCURRED IN DEC 1982...OF >= 8 IN DEC
1966...>= 10 IN 1917...WITH THE #1 DEC STORM TOTAL BEING 17.2 IN
DEC 1908.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR MDZ021>023.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR MDZ025.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR MDZ024-025.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR NCZ012.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ102.
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR VAZ084-086>090-092.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ048-049-060>071-079>083.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ098.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR VAZ099-100.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ072>078-085.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY FOR
ANZ654.
GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR ANZ632-633-656-658.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY FOR ANZ650-
652.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR ANZ630-631.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MAM
NEAR TERM...LKB/MAM
SHORT TERM...LKB/MAM
LONG TERM...SMF
AVIATION...AM
MARINE...KLL
HYDROLOGY...MPR/KLL
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...MPR
CLIMATE...AKQHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 NCZ012-VAZ081>083-085-087>090-092-191100- NORTHAMPTON NC-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-MIDDLESEX- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021-191100- DORCHESTER- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ072>078-191100- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ048-049-060>071-079-080-191100- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ084-086-191100- GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ091-094>097-191100- YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ013>017-030>032-VAZ093-191100- HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-ISLE OF WIGHT- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH ALONG THE GULF COAST EARLY TODAY...BEFORE SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST LATE THIS EVENING...AND THEN JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE THIS AFTERNOON... POSSIBLY STARTING AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW...OR A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECT TO CHANGE OVER QUICKLY TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AS THIS SYSTEM DRAWS WARMER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE REGION. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...THEN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND THEN SNOW LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND COLDER AIR IS DRAWN IN. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ102-VAZ098-191100- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ100-191100- NORTHAMPTON VA- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ654-191100- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ632-633-656-658-191100- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ650-652-191100- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630-631-191100- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-VAZ099-191100- MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ022>024-191100- WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER- 722 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 05
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
26 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts were generally between ten and sixteen inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between ten and sixteen inches across the county. Columbia reported 15.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between ten and sixteen inches across the county. Manakin-Sabot and Sandy Hook reported 15.5 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between twelve and nineteen inches across the county. Louisa reported 19.0 inches of snow. Bumpass reported 18.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county. Victoria reported 5.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between six and sixteen inches across the county. Farmville reported 16.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between six and ten inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between six and ten inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between eight and twelve inches across the county. Powhatan reported 12.2 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between eight and fourteen inches across the county. Ashland reported 14.0 inches of snow. Beaverdam reported 13.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between twelve and eighteen inches across the county. Ruther Glen reported 18.0 inches of snow. Bowling Green reported 15.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between five and twelve inches across the county. Chesterfield reported 11.5 inches of snow. Chester reported 6.5 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between seven and fourteen inches across the county. Glen Allen reported 14.0 inches of snow. Short Pump reported 11.8 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between eight and fifteen inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between five and twelve inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between five and twelve inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and eight inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and nine inches across the county. Wrights Corner reported 8.5 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and nine inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts were generally between four and six inches across the county. Disputanta reported 4.5 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between five and ten inches across the county. Warsaw reported 10.0 inches of snow.
Snowfall amounts were generally between six and twelve inches across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 2009
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: 208070, 208071, 208072, 208073, 208075, 208077, 208081, 208085, 208087, 208089, 208093, 208095, 208098, 208099, 208107, 208195, 208197, 208200, 208201, 208203, 208205, 208206, 208207, 208208, 208209, 208210.