Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 21 to 22, 2001

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 21 to 22, 2001
Start: 2001-06-21T18:30
End: 2001-06-22T01:00
Location: Virginia

June 21 to 22, 2001 · NWS LWX · 9 events in 8 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $37,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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.

Thunderstorms that produced damaging winds and very heavy downpours moved across northern Virginia between 7 PM EDT on the 21st through 2 AM EDT on the 22nd. In Shenandoah County, numerous trees were downed in the southern portion of the county, including the community of Conicville. High winds ripped three quarters of a tin roof off a mobile home on Port Republic Road north of Grottoes. The remains of the tin roof were rolled into a ball and thrown 50 feet from the structure. A few trees were downed near the home but neighbors nearby did not report any damage. Heavy downpours flooded portions of Routes 611, 701, 724, 691, 672, 675, 1419, 667, 663, and 600. The Shenandoah River and Stoney Creek overflowed their banks in a few locations. A total of 3.04 inches of rain was reported at Jerome Gap. In Warren County, a wind gust of 53 MPH was recorded on Catlett Mountain Road. Trees were downed int the vicinity and a plane was damaged at the Warren County Airport nearby. In Page County, 3.67 inches of rain was reported at Rocky Branch, 2.14 inches was reported at Skyland, and 2.05 inches fell at Ida. In Augusta County, a total of 3.94 inches of rain fell at Montebello and 2.86 inches fell at Tom's Branch. In Nelson County, 2.87 inches of rain was recorded at Montebello Fish in 60 minutes. By the end of the storm the total grew to 3.70 inches. In Albemarle County, high winds downed utility lines on Proffit Road near Polo Grounds Road. Power outages were reported in Charlottesville. In Orange County, heavy rainfall flooded roads in the town of Orange. Between the 20th and 22nd, portions of the county received up to 4 inches of rain.

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 Jun 21, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
335 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

FEW TSRA DVLPG...MAINLY ALNG PERIPHERY OF CWFA. W/ BEST FOCUSING
MECH/FORCING N AND W...WUD XPCT THESE AREAS TO BE MOST UNDER THE GUN
LTR TDA. GOOD OMEGA MVG INTO WRN SXNS THIS EVNG...SO LIKELY POPS
THERE...CHC ELSW.

H5 L/WV TROF DRIVES CDFNT INTO AREA TMRW. HWVR...FLW BCMS
PARALLEL...SO FWD MVMT STALLS. AMS AHD OF FNT EQUALLY UNSTBL AS
TDA...IF NOT SLGTLY MORE SO...PLUS FRNT PROVIDES A FOCUS/TRIGGER. W/
CD/QSTNRY FNT IN VCNTY...WL GO LIKELY POPS 2ND-4TH PDS. NO PD WL BE
TTL WASHOUT...BUT WL EMPH AFTN AND EVE CNVTN.

XTNDD THROWS A CURVE FM PREV PKG AS MRF DVLPS H5 CUTOFF LO OVR
APPALACHIA...AND LETS IT LINGER THRU DAY 5. W/ H3 JET STRK ON E SIDE
OF SYSTM...THINK THIS IS A LTL OVRDN. UKMET SHWS LTL MORE THAN WK
TROF/SFC REFLCTN IN AREA. WENT W/ A MRF WEIGHTED COMPROMISE...CLS TO
CNDN SOLN. ADDED MIX CLDS/SUN AND SCT AFTN SHRA TO SUN-TUE FCST. W/
FRNT STL IN VCNTY...INCL TSRA TO SUNDAY FCST AS WELL.  FOR DAY 6 & 7
WENT PTCLDY...AND LATER SHIFTS CAN LEAN IN APPRO DIRECTION.

ZFP/RDF BY 1945 UTC. LATER

FCSTID = 50...HTS
DCA   70  86  70  82 /  40  60  60  60
BWI   69  85  67  80 /  40  60  60  60
MRB   66  84  65  78 /  60  60  60  60
IAD   68  84  67  79 /  40  60  60  60
CHO   66  86  66  81 /  60  60  60  60
HGR   64  83  64  77 /  60  60  60  60
NHK   70  85  70  81 /  30  60  60  60

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 2:09 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
309 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

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

0830 PM    BALTIMORE                 MD   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01   BALTIMORE                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC WORKS

1030 PM    CHARLOTTESVILLE           VA   WIND DAMAGVE
06/20/01   ALBEMARLE                      NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN

JLW/MM

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:24 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
624 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

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

0617 PM    LAUREL                    MD   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/21/01   PRINCE GEORGES

JLW

The radar

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Page

When: June 21, 6:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Page County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Augusta

When: June 21, 6:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Augusta County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.165, -79.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Nelson

When: June 21, 6:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Nelson County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A total of 2.99 inches of rain fell in one hour at Montebello Fish.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shenandoah

When: June 21, 7:25 PM EST to 7:35 PM EST
Where: Shenandoah County, South Portion
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.733, -78.700

Numerous trees were downed.

Flash Flood, Shenandoah

When: June 21, 7:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
Where: Shenandoah County, Countywide
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several roads were flooded.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham

When: June 21, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Rockingham County, 2 mi N of Grottoes
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.300, -78.833

Most of the tin roof of a mobile home was ripped off and trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Albemarle

When: June 21, 8:30 PM EST
Where: Albemarle County, Northeast Portion
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.100, -78.317

Utility lines were downed onto Proffit Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: June 21, 9:49 PM EST
Where: Warren County, 2 mi SW of Front Royal
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.900, -78.217

Trees were downed and an aircraft was damaged.

Flash Flood, Orange

When: June 21, 10:30 PM EST to June 22, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Orange County, Countywide
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Roads were flooded in the town of Orange.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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, June 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: 5254233, 5254234, 5254235, 5254237, 5254236, 5254239, 5254238, 5254240, 5254241.