Winter Weather in Virginia, January 3 to 4, 2025

Name: Winter Weather in Virginia, January 3 to 4, 2025
Start: 2025-01-03T06:00
End: 2025-01-04T00:00
Location: Virginia

January 3 to 4, 2025 · NWS LWX · 10 events in 9 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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 moved off into New England bringing a cold front through Virginia. Upslope snow showers and squalls ensued in western Highland County bringing accumulations of three to six inches. Snow showers and squalls along the front impacted portions of the rest of the state bringing accumulations of a coating to two inches.

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 3, 4:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 4:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:47 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Western Highland

When: January 3, 6:00 AM EST to January 4, 12:00 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 Weather, Northern Fauquier

When: January 3, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM 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 Weather, Eastern Loudoun

When: January 3, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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)