Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 30, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 30, 2001
Start: 2001-08-30T17:21
End: 2001-08-30T17:21
Location: Virginia

August 30, 2001 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 30, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
345 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001

TSRA INCREASING ACRS NW AND XTRM S AS MID LEVEL ENERGY...SEEN IN
MORNING MODEL RUN COMBINING WITH MOIST UNSTBL AIRMASS. STILL SOME
DIFFERENCES IN MODEL SOLUTIONS NEXT FEW DAYS WITH AVN SLOWER
AND ETA LESS INTENSE WITH RAIN COVERAGE AND AMTS...SUCH HAS BEEN THE
CASE ALL WEEK. TAKING A COMPROMISE IN THE SHORT TERM AND FOLLOWING
SLOWER AVN INTO EXTENDED. AS A WHOLE...RAISING POPS IN THE SHORT
RANGE AND GOING A LITTLE SLOWER WITH CLEARING SAT.  RDG BLDING IN
OVR NE SUN-THU SO A COOL DOWN IS A ABOUT DO.

FCSTID = 71
SBY   71  88  69  81 /  40  40  40  30
OXB   71  88  69  80 /  30  40  40  30
ECG   74  90  73  82 /  50  50  50  40
ORF   74  91  73  82 /  50  40  50  40
PHF   74  91  73  82 /  50  40  50  40
AKQ   73  91  73  82 /  50  40  50  40
RIC   73  90  71  82 /  40  40  50  40
FVX   70  88  68  82 /  40  50  40  30

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

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland

When: August 30, 5:21 PM EST
Where: Goochland County, Fife
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.733, -78.067

Trees down on Route 606.

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.

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: 5267097.