Excessive Heat, Buchanan
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in Virginia, February 26, 2000
A second day in February with afternoon temperatures well into the 70s. Clintwood and the Breaks Interstate Park felt 76 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RLX wrote it up.
A second day in February with afternoon temperatures well into the 70s. Clintwood and the Breaks Interstate Park felt 76 degrees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Dickenson
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in New York, February 26 to 29, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 27, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, February 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130332, 5130333.