1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jun 15, 2:01 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
301 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001
FINALLY...APRS THAT REMNANTS OF ALLISON ON THE WAY OUT...SYS HAS
MADE DECENT PROGRESS TDA...AND WAS LCTD OVR INTR NE NC AT 18Z. BAND
OF SGFNT SHRAS/ISLTD TSRAS WITH VRY HVY RA XTNDD FM WRN TIP OF
ALBEMARLE SND NW TO PDMNT OF CNTRL VA...AND APRS THAT WL BE FOCUS OF
CONTG SGFNT RA THRUT THE EVE HRS (AND WL INCLD MENTION OF HVY
RA)...WITH GENLY SCTD (AT BEST) CVRG ERN HALF OF FA. XPCTG SYS TO
SLOLY DRIFT TO THE NNE THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HRS...THEN BE OVR CNTRL
DELMARVA MIDDAY/ERY AFTN HRS SAT. WL BRING IN SUM DRYING ON SW SIDE
OF SYS ACRS SSW PTRNS OF FA DURG SAT...WITH HIEST POPS CONFINED TO
NE SXNS. CDFNT FM THE W ARRIVES LT SAT AFTN OR EVE...THEN LIMPS TO
THE CST SAT NGT. DESPITE WK DYNAMICS/UVM WITH FNTL PASSAGE...PLNTY
OF MSTR IN PLC...SO WL CONT HI CHC POPS THRU MUCH OF SAT NGT. RDGG
SFC-ALOFT BUILDS INTO RGN FM THE W SUN THRU MID NEXT WK...PRVDG
NICE/WRM STRETCH OF WX. ZNL FLO INVOF 40N LAT SHUD BE WHR FOCUS OF
CNVTN IS MOST OF NEXT WK...APRS THERE WL BE A HOT AIR SURGE BY
WED/THU AS LLVL FLO TURNS STRNGR FM WSW DRCTN. WL GRDLY BRING DYTM
TEMPS FM 80S SUN/MON TO LWR/MID 90S WED/THU. NEXT CDFNT FCST BY
XTNDD MDLS TO REACH RGN NEXT FRI...BUT THAT'S A WK AWAY. ENJOY THE
WKND.
FCSTID = 25
SBY 71 80 68 85 / 40 60 50 10
OXB 71 78 70 84 / 40 60 50 10
ECG 72 83 70 84 / 50 50 50 10
ORF 72 83 70 83 / 50 50 50 10
PHF 72 83 70 83 / 50 50 50 10
AKQ 71 83 67 88 / 60 50 50 0
RIC 70 83 67 88 / 60 60 50 0
FVX 71 83 65 88 / 70 50 40 0
.AKQ...
MD...SCA ATLC CS4TL WTRS FENWICK ISL TO CHINCOTEAGUE.
NC...SCA ATLC CSTL WTRS NC/VA BRDR TO CURRITUCK BCH LGT.
VA...SCA CHES BAY S OF NEW POINT COMFORT...ATLC CSTL WTRS
CHINCOTEAGUE TO NC/VA BRDR.The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down and some damage to Bank of American Building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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