Excessive Heat, Buchanan
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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, January 2 to 4, 2000
Afternoon temperatures rose into the upper 60s to mid 70s on both the 2nd and the 3rd. Grundy reached 75 degrees on the 3rd.
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.
Afternoon temperatures rose into the upper 60s to mid 70s on both the 2nd and the 3rd. Grundy reached 75 degrees on the 3rd. The Breaks Interstate Park was 71 degrees on the 2nd.
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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 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: 5128243, 5128244.