Virginia, 2015Winter Weather in Virginia, January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015 · NWS LWX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Low pressure tracking to the north with a deepening upper level low produced scattered snow showers.
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- 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.
Low pressure tracking to the north with a deepening upper level low produced scattered snow showers.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 21, 10:32 AM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 10:32 AM EST, 28 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Fairfax
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotters reported snow storm total between 1.0 and 3.0 inches.
Winter Weather, Eastern Loudoun
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotters reported snow storm total between 1.0 and 3.0 inches.
Winter Weather, Western Loudoun
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotters reported snow storm total between 1.0 and 3.0 inches.
- 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.
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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: 556811, 556812, 556813.