1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 9:20 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1020 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY HAS DMNSHD IN INTENSITY PAST HR...LINE OF SHWRS/TSTRMS STILL HOLDING TOGETHER WHILE RPDLY MOVG S. THUS HAVE UPDATED TO ADD CHC POPS ACROSS NRN HALF OF AKQ FA THINKING ACTIVITY WILL CONT TO DMNSH AS IT MOVS S. RADAR SHOWNG DECENT GUST FRNT OUT AHEAD OF LINE...WITH GUSTS BTWN 30-40 MPH ACROSS LWR MD ERN SHORE PAST 30 MIAN...AND NOW APPRCHG VA NRN NECK. FCSTID = 44 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE.
VAZ048-049-060>064-068>078-082>085-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1047 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... AT 1050 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE RICHMOND METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WERE REPORTED OUT AHEAD OF THE RAIN. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING BEHIND THE GUSTY WINDS. 44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike caused a fire to a chicken house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, April 2001
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: 5242653.