Area people remember big snow storm 17 years ago - Beckley, Bluefield & Lewisburg News, Weather, Sports

Area people remember big snow storm 17 years ago

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Seventeen years ago on January 8, it certainly was not sunny outside.

A nor'easter swept through Southern West Virginia early on a Saturday morning, and lasted until that Monday morning.

Twenty inches of snow was reported in Beckley alone.

The snow depth at Snowshoe went from 8 inches prior to the storm to 46 inches.

Visit facebook.com/59News to see how people are remembering that snow storm.