Winter Weather, Western Highland
- When
- March 10, 4:00 AM EST to 10:45 AM EST
- Where
- Western Highland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.362, -79.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Virginia, March 10, 2023
An area of low pressure occluded to the west with a frontal boundary moving over the area. This resulted in a period of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
An area of low pressure occluded to the west with a frontal boundary moving over the area. This resulted in a period of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Snow and sleet accumulations totaled a coating to two inches and ice accumulations totaled a trace to a few hundredths of an inch.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in North Dakota, March 10 to 11, 2023
- Rip Current in Florida, March 10, 2023
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in California, March 10 to 18, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 10 to 12, 2023
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Montana, March 10 to 11, 2023
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 10 to 11, 2023
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 10 to 11, 2023
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, March 10 to 11, 2023
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 10 to 11, 2023
- High Wind in Colorado, March 10 to 11, 2023
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 10 to 11, 2023
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 2023
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1075429.