Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 2024

Name: Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 2024
Start: 2024-01-15T00:00
End: 2024-01-16T10:00
Location: Virginia

January 15 to 16, 2024 · NWS LWX · 29 events in 29 counties and zones

Multiple waves of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary bringing several rounds of snow. Two day totals averaged two to five inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 29 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: 29

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.

Multiple waves of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary bringing several rounds of snow. Two day totals averaged two to five inches. Amounts of four to eight inches were observed across western Highland County and a stripe of four to seven inches across northern Virginia. As the system departed, precipitation ended as a light freezing drizzle areawide during the morning of January 16th.

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 14, 9:17 PM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 9:17 PM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 8:29 PM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 14, 8:41 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Event by event

20 winter weather, 9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Eastern Highland

When: January 15, 12:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Highland forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.362, -79.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Augusta

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Augusta forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Rockingham

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Rockingham forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Shenandoah

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Shenandoah forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Page

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Page forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Warren

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Nelson

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Nelson forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Albemarle

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Albemarle forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.029, -78.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Greene

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.298, -78.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Madison

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.414, -78.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Orange

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Culpeper

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Culpeper forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Central Virginia Blue Ridge

When: January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Central Virginia Blue Ridge forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.879, -79.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Frederick

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Frederick forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Clarke

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.112, -77.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Stafford

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, King George

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: King George forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.274, -77.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Fauquier

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.746, -77.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Highland

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 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 Storm, Northwest Prince William

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Prince William forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Eastern Loudoun

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Loudoun

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northern Fauquier

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Arlington

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Arlington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Fairfax

When: January 15, 3:58 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Fairfax forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Spotsylvania

When: January 15, 4:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Spotsylvania forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.244, -77.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Rappahannock

When: January 15, 4:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Rappahannock forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge

When: January 15, 4:00 AM EST to January 16, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Virginia Blue Ridge forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.573, -78.412 (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.
Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, January 2024

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: 1149013, 1149014, 1149015, 1149016, 1149017, 1149018, 1149019, 1149020, 1149021, 1149022, 1149023, 1149024, 1149025, 1149027, 1149028, 1149029, 1149030, 1149031, 1149032, 1149054, 1149057, 1149058, 1149059, 1149060, 1149061, 1149062, 1149026, 1149055, 1149056.