Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 27, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 27, 2001
Start: 2001-08-27T13:30
End: 2001-08-27T20:50
Location: Virginia

August 27, 2001 · NWS AKQ · 8 events in 7 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $9,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 forecasters said that day

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 Aug 27, 1:20 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:20 PM EST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
220 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001

SCT TSTRMS RPDLY DVLPNG ALONG TROF AS I TYPE. CELL IN FLUVANNA
CNTY QUICKLY PULSED UP TO 73 VIL IN MINUTES. XPCT OTHR CELLS
TO DVLP AND MOVE E. WND GUSTS/HAIL/HVY RAIN XPCTD NXT SVRL HRS.
BNDRY PROGGED TO MOVE E TO THE CST BY 12Z TUE. THUS...WILL CONT
CHC POPS THIS EVE...KEEP HIGHEST POPS GOING MOST OF THE NITE SERN
CSTL AREAS.

WK RIDGE BUILDS IN TUE AHEAD OF YET ANTHR BNDRY TUE NITE/WED.
NOT MUCH MSTR FOR NXT BNDRY TO WORK WITH...SO I WILL KEEP PCPN
OUT OF FCST TUE THRU WED. WDLY SCT ACTIVITY PSBL BOTH AFTRNS FROM
VA BRDR ON S...BUT WILL ONLY INCLUDE 20 POP IN CCF.

SAID BNDRY STALLS...THEN WEAKENS ACROSS SERN US LATER THIS WK AS
HIGH PRS MOVES E ACROSS NRN TIER STATES. WILL KEEP THU & FRI DRY.
AS HIGH MOVS E...TRPLCL MSTR BEGINS TO MOVE BACK N AND OVRSPRDS
RGN AHEAD OF NXT CDFRNT SLATED FOR SUN TIME FRAME. DRYER/COOLER
WX MOVES IN FOR LABOR DAY.

CWF...NO FLAGS. SW WNDS AOB 15 KTS THRU TUE...BCMG NW-N BY WED.

FCSTID = 44
SBY   68  88  67  85 /  30  10  10  10
OXB   70  87  69  83 /  30  10  10  10
ECG   71  89  69  84 /  40  20  20  20
ORF   71  89  70  83 /  40  20  20  20
PHF   70  89  69  84 /  40  20  20  20
AKQ   69  90  68  85 /  40  20  20  20
RIC   68  90  66  85 /  30  10  10  10
FVX   67  90  65  86 /  40  20  20  20

.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland

When: August 27, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Goochland County, 5 mi NW of Hadensville
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.880, -78.067

Four large trees down on road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex

When: August 27, 4:29 PM EST
Where: Middlesex County, Saluda
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.600, -76.600

Large tree limbs and power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester

When: August 27, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Gloucester County, Gloucester
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.417, -76.533

Trees down on Route 610, Route 601 and Route 17 at Howards Lane.

Hail, James City

When: August 27, 5:30 PM EST
Where: James City County, 1 mi NE of Five Forks
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.267, -76.750

Dime size hail reported at JCC/Williamsburg Rec Center.

Hail, Williamsburg (C)

When: August 27, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Williamsburg (C) County, Williamsburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.267, -76.717

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When: August 27, 5:40 PM EST
Where: York County, Yorktown
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.233, -76.517

Trees down multiple locations along Colonial Parkway. Also, 68 mph wind gust measured on Coleman Bridge connecting York county to Gloucester county.

Hail, Goochland

When: August 27, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Goochland County, Fife
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.733, -78.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield

When: August 27, 8:50 PM EST
Where: Chesterfield County, Winterpock
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.350, -77.733

Trees down across road at River and Black Roads.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, August 2001

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: 5267089, 5267090, 5267091, 5267092, 5267094, 5267093, 5267095, 5267096.