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Event Details
| Event | Heavy Snow |
| State | VIRGINIA |
| County/Area | FLOYD |
| WFO | RNK |
| Begin Date | 12/18/2009 13:00:00 EST-5 |
| End Date | 12/19/2009 10:00:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Low pressure tracked from the northeast Gulf coast early on December 18th reaching a position near Alma, Georgia as a 997 mb low by Friday the 18th at 5 PM EST. The storm continued moving northeast and deepened to a 986 mb low near Cape Hatteras by 10 AM December 19th. Heavy snow began around midday on the 18th and snows rapidly accumulated to warning criteria levels by late afternoon or early evening in all of the Virginia counties. All forms of travel were rendered extremely difficult for several days due to this storm and numerous vehicle accidents were reported. Final snow totals ranged from less than 6 inches in the far southeast counties to over 25 inches in parts of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Montgomery and Bath counties. This was the biggest snowstorm to affect western Virginia since the January 6-8, 1996 storm. Several stations set December single-storm snowfall records from this storm including Roanoke and Blacksburg. |
| Event Narrative | Most of the county received 12 to 18 inches of snow but the Alum Ridge area reported 26 inches. Travel became extremely treacherous within an hour or two of the storms onset with visibility down below 1/4 mile and rapidly accumulating snows. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 65.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CARROLL (ZONE) | CARROLL (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 09:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K | |
| PATRICK (ZONE) | PATRICK (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 11:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| TAZEWELL (ZONE) | TAZEWELL (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 12:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| SMYTH (ZONE) | SMYTH (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 12:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GRAYSON (ZONE) | GRAYSON (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 12:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WYTHE (ZONE) | WYTHE (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |
| PULASKI (ZONE) | PULASKI (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GILES (ZONE) | GILES (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MONTGOMERY (ZONE) | MONTGOMERY (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HALIFAX (ZONE) | HALIFAX (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FLOYD (ZONE) | FLOYD (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| PITTSYLVANIA (ZONE) | PITTSYLVANIA (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BLAND (ZONE) | BLAND (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 13:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BATH (ZONE) | BATH (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 14:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ALLEGHANY (ZONE) | ALLEGHANY (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 14:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CRAIG (ZONE) | CRAIG (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 14:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ROANOKE (ZONE) | ROANOKE (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 14:45 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HENRY (ZONE) | HENRY (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FRANKLIN (ZONE) | FRANKLIN (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ROCKBRIDGE (ZONE) | ROCKBRIDGE (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BOTETOURT (ZONE) | BOTETOURT (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CAMPBELL (ZONE) | CAMPBELL (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CHARLOTTE (ZONE) | CHARLOTTE (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BEDFORD (ZONE) | BEDFORD (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| AMHERST (ZONE) | AMHERST (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 16:00 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BUCKINGHAM (ZONE) | BUCKINGHAM (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 16:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| APPOMATTOX (ZONE) | APPOMATTOX (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 16:30 | EST-5 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 65.00K | 0.00K |
