Virginia, 2025

Winter Weather in Virginia, December 11 to 12, 2025

December 11 to 12, 2025 · NWS MRX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Northwest flow snow showers developed behind a cold front's passage and led to light snow accumulations across portions of southwest Virginia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
4

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 MRX wrote it up.

Northwest flow snow showers developed behind a cold front's passage and led to light snow accumulations across portions of southwest Virginia.

The radar

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Event by event

4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Lee

When
December 11, 2:00 AM EST to December 12, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Lee forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.705, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snow fell in Lee County Virginia with two CoCoRaHS observations of 1.8 and 2.2 inches, both near Jonesville.

Winter Weather, Scott

When
December 11, 2:00 AM EST to December 12, 9:30 AM EST
Where
Scott forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.714, -82.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A CoCoRaHS observer near Gate City, Virginia measured 1.9 inches of snow following light northwest flow snowfall.

Winter Weather, Wise

When
December 11, 2:00 AM EST to December 12, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Wise forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
36.954, -82.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two inches of snow fell near Wise, VA along with 1.5 inches of snow at the North Fork Lake cooperative observer station.

Winter Weather, Washington

When
December 11, 2:00 AM EST to December 12, 9:30 AM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
36.661, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snow fell in Washington County, mainly the night of the 11th into the morning of the 12th, with 1.5 inches of snow recorded in Abingdon, VA. The cooperative observer in Abingdon also recorded 1 inch of snowfall.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 1307587, 1307595, 1307930, 1307942.