The combination of high pressure to the north funneling cold, Arctic air into the Mid Atlantic region, and low pressure tracking northeast off the Carolina coast produced snowfall totals between one inch and three inches across portions of south central, southeast, and eastern Virginia.
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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.
The combination of high pressure to the north funneling cold, Arctic air into the Mid Atlantic region, and low pressure tracking northeast off the Carolina coast produced snowfall totals between one inch and three inches across portions of south central, southeast, and eastern Virginia.
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 Jan 20, 6:17 PM EST, 12 hours 43 minutes earlier.
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12 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and two inches across the county. Snowfall total of 1.5 inches was reported at (1.5 WNW) Hartfield. Snowfall total of 1.5 inches was reported at (1.1 ENE) Locust Hill.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and three inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.8 inches was reported at (2.4 E) Gloucester Point. Snowfall total of 2.6 inches was reported at (0.6 S) Gloucester Point. Snowfall total of 2.0 inches was reported at (3.3 SSE) Gloucester Courthouse.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and three inches across the county.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch to two inches across the county.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch and two inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.0 inches was reported at (2 SSW) Templeton. Snowfall total of 1.8 inches was reported at (4 NE) Prince George Golf Course. Snowfall total of 1.5 inches was reported at (1 S) Richard Bland College. Snowfall total of 1.0 inch was reported at (1 SSE) Fort Lee.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch and two inches across the county.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch and two inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.0 inches was reported at Charles City.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and three inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.5 inches was reported at (2 NW) Wakefield.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and three inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.5 inches was reported at (0.2 SW) Claremont.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one inch and three inches across the county. Snowfall total of 2.3 inches was reported at (3.4 W) Williamsburg. Snowfall total of 2.3 inches was reported at (1.4 ENE) Williamsburg. Snowfall total of 1.5 inches was reported at (1.1 SSW) Toano.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch and two inches across the county. Snowfall total of 1.5 inches was reported at (1.2 SSW) Lawrenceville. Snowfall total of 1.2 inches was reported at (3 SW) Ordsburg.
Snowfall totals generally ranged between one half inch and two inches across the county. Snowfall total of 1.1 inches was reported at (1 E) Clarksville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 2022
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: 1004821, 1004825, 1004826, 1004831, 1004845, 1004853, 1004855, 1004863, 1004866, 1004873, 1004875, 1004880.