Heat, Warren
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
Mostly sunny skies and southerly winds brought to the region by an area of high pressure pushed temperatures well above normal from the 6th through the 9th. On the 6th, heat indices climbed into the upper 80s to mid 90s.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 19 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
- 22
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 LWX wrote it up.
Mostly sunny skies and southerly winds brought to the region by an area of high pressure pushed temperatures well above normal from the 6th through the 9th. On the 6th, heat indices climbed into the upper 80s to mid 90s. Washington Reagan National Airport recorded a high temperature of 88 degrees, compared to the normal high of 74 degrees. Dulles International Airport recorded a high temperature of 87 degrees. ON the 7th and 8th, National and Dulles Airports recorded a high temperature of 90 degrees. Heat indices elsewhere ranged from 90 to 95 degrees. On the 9th, Dulles Airport recorded a high of 89 degrees and National Airport reached 88 degrees. Heat indices elsewhere ranged from the mid 80s to lower 90s. Across the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, 40 people were treated for heat related illnesses during the period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Fauquier
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat, Prince William
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat, Shenandoah
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Shenandoah forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Page
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Page forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Rappahannock
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rappahannock forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Culpeper
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Culpeper forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Stafford
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, King George
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- King George forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.274, -77.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Rockingham / Harrisonburg
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham / Harrisonburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Fairfax
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Arlington / Alexandria / Falls Church
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Arlington / Alexandria / Falls Church forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Greene
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.298, -78.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Spotsylvania / Fredericksburg
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spotsylvania / Fredericksburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.244, -77.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta / Staunton / Waynesborro forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Albemarle / Charlotttesville
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Albemarle / Charlotttesville forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.029, -78.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Nelson
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Frederick / Winchester
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick / Winchester forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Clarke
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clarke forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.112, -77.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Loudoun
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat, Orange
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Madison
- When
- May 6, 10:00 AM EST to May 9, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.414, -78.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 6, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Maryland, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in District of Columbia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
- Heat in West Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6 to 8, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 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: 5145511, 5145512, 5145513, 5145514, 5145515, 5145516, 5145517, 5145518, 5145519, 5145520, 5145521, 5145522, 5145523, 5145524, 5145525, 5145526, 5145527, 5145528, 5145529, 5145530, 5145531, 5145532.