Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 31, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 31, 2001
Start: 2001-08-31T15:30
End: 2001-08-31T15:30
Location: Virginia

August 31, 2001 · NWS LWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm produced winds in excess of 55 MPH just north of Catalpa. Trees were downed onto Dutch Hollow Road.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
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 happened

The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.

A thunderstorm produced winds in excess of 55 MPH just north of Catalpa. Trees were downed onto Dutch Hollow Road.

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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
253 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001

STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT AND OFF THE
COAST SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE AND
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH THE BEST DYNAMICS IS NORTH OF OUR CWA
SOME STORMS IN OUR AREA MAY HAVE HEAVY RAIN..SOME HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

RAINFALL SHOULD HOWEVER BE LESS THAN YESTERDAY. GENERALLY 1/4 TO 3/4
OF AND INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.

ONCE THE WEATHER CLEARS THE AREA TONIGHT DRY AND COOL WEATHER EARLY
IN THE WEEK WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MIDDLE AND
LATE WEEK BUT STILL MAINLY DRY.

FCSTID = 1
DCA   68  82  60  80 /  60  20   0   0
BWI   68  82  58  80 /  60  20   0   0
MRB   66  80  55  78 /  70  20   0   0
IAD   66  80  55  79 /  70  20   0   0
CHO   67  81  58  80 /  60  20   0   0
HGR   65  80  54  77 /  70  20   0   0
NHK   68  82  60  80 /  60  20   0   0
W99   63  75  52  73 /  70  10   0   0

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 12:44 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
144 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    N HALF OF COUNTY          MD   FLOOD
08/30/01   ANNE ARUNDEL                   BASEMENTS AND ROADS

0400 PM    ORANGE 1.6 SSW            VA   WIND
08/30/01   ORANGE                         MEASURED 59 MPH

0710 PM    COUNTYWIDE                MD   WIND DAMAGE
08/30/01   CHARLES                        TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

MHP

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Culpeper

When: August 31, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Culpeper County, 4 mi N of Catalpa
Property damage: $500
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.567, -77.967

Trees were downed onto Dutch Hollow Road.

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

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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: 5263680.