Heat, Buchanan
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Virginia, December 1 to 23, 2001
The Indian Summer environment continued well into December. Daytime readings in the 50s and 60s were common.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RLX wrote it up.
The Indian Summer environment continued well into December. Daytime readings in the 50s and 60s were common. John Flannagan Lake reached 77 degrees on the 4th and the 5th. More normal temperatures arrive by Christmas.
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 30, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 930 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2001 NO UPDATE PLANNED THIS EVENING. WITH LOW CLOUDS STICKING AROUND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER AND MIDLVL CLOUDS EAST OF THE CWA...WE ARE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE....WITH VERY FEW IF ANY CLOUDS TO SPEAK OF. BKW A LITTLE WARMER THAN EXPECTED SO FAR THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD COOL QUICKLY LATER AS WINDS BEGIN TO SLACK AND CLOUDS REMAIN ABSENT FOR THE MST PART. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ KS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Dickenson
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2001
- Heat in Georgia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 1, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, December 1 to 6, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 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: 5273561, 5273562.