1 high wind, 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 19, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 145 PM EDT THU APR 19 2001 BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY WITH RECORD COLD LAST NIGHT FOLLOWED BY BIG WARMUP WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT AOA 80F MOST AREAS THIS WEEKEND. UPR RDG BUILDS INTO SE STATES NEXT FEW DAYS WITH RISING HEIGHTS AND RETURN FLOW ARND SFC HIGH MOVG OFF CST RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT TEMP RISES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPR WAA INDUCED MID/HI LVL CLOUDS RIDING OVR TOP OF UPR RDG PROVIDE PTCLDY/MOCLR SKY CONDS TNT. INCRSG CLOUDS AND LIGHT SW/S SFC FLOW WL HELP KEEP OVRNT LOWS ABV FREEZING TNT. SHUDN/T HAVE REOCCURRENCE OF LAST NIGHT/S FROST/FREEZE PROBS WITH LOWS RANGE FM U30S INLAND TO L-M40S SE CST. HIGH TEMPS TMRW RETURNING TO NR NORM AS INFLUENCE OF UPR RDG BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD. PIECE OF UPR ENERGY FLATTENS RDG OVR OHVLY/NRN MID ATLC STATES AND MAIN DYNAMICS PASS N OF AKQ FA LATE FRI AFTN INTO FRI NGT. THINK BUILDING UPR RDG AND MID LVL WESTERLY FLOW WILL HELP KEEP MOST PCPN TO N...BUT A CONCENSUS OF MDLS SUGGS A SWATH OF UVM/ DEEPER MOISTURE CUD DIVE SEWD ACRS NE COUNTIES FRI NGT. WL KEEP LOW CHC POPS (SHWRS) ACRS NRN ZONES FRI NGT BUT REMOVE OVR SRN AREAS. WEEKEND AND BEYOND: UPR RDG STRENGTHENS OVR SE STATES THIS WEEKEND BRINGING WARM/DRY CONDS. BACKDOOR FRONT THREATENS TO SLIDE DOWN NE CST AND INTO MID ATLC REG LATE WEEKEND OR VERY EARLY NEXT WEEK. CURRENT MID RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGS FRONT STOPS JUST NE OF AKQ FA BEFORE RETURNING BACK N AS WARM FRONT. THEREFORE...WL KEEP IT WARM/DRY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRINGS PCPN CHCS BY TUE. MRF INDICATES WAVE FORMS ON STALLED FRONT OVR SE STATES WITH SUBSEQUENT ONSHORE FLOW PROVIDING CLDY/COOLER CONDS AND CHCY PCPN FOR MIDWEEK. FCSTID = 20 SBY 39 69 52 71 / 10 20 40 20 OXB 39 66 52 67 / 10 20 40 20 ECG 43 71 56 74 / 0 20 20 20 ORF 45 70 57 75 / 0 20 20 20 PHF 43 71 54 75 / 0 20 20 20 AKQ 39 73 53 78 / 0 20 20 20 RIC 40 71 54 76 / 10 20 30 20 FVX 38 73 52 77 / 0 20 20 20 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. CULLEN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dust devil hit front of store blowing out an 8 by 10 foot window, tossing gas cans and ceiling tile 150 feet in the city of Hopewell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5242654.