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Event Details
| Event | Heavy Snow |
| State | VIRGINIA |
| County/Area | FRANKLIN |
| WFO | RNK |
| Begin Date | 12/18/2009 15:00:00 EST-5 |
| End Date | 12/19/2009 11:00:00 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 | Snowfall amounts ranged from 10 inches in the far southeast to 18 inches in the far northwest portions of the county. Very hazardous travel conditions prevailed during the storm across the entire county. |
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 | |
| MONTGOMERY (ZONE) | MONTGOMERY (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 | |
| HALIFAX (ZONE) | HALIFAX (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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| FRANKLIN (ZONE) | FRANKLIN (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 15:00 | 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 | |
| BOTETOURT (ZONE) | BOTETOURT (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 | |
| CAMPBELL (ZONE) | CAMPBELL (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 | |
| CHARLOTTE (ZONE) | CHARLOTTE (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 | |
| APPOMATTOX (ZONE) | APPOMATTOX (ZONE) | VA | 12/18/2009 | 16:30 | 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 | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 65.00K | 0.00K |
