Virginia, 2001

Heat in Virginia, June 27 to 30, 2001

June 27 to 30, 2001 · NWS LWX · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

High pressure in combination with southerly winds brought hot, hazy, and humid conditions to the Mid Atlantic region between June 27th and 30th. High temperatures soared into the lower 90s and heat indices reached into the lower 100s through the period.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 19 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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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
22

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.

High pressure in combination with southerly winds brought hot, hazy, and humid conditions to the Mid Atlantic region between June 27th and 30th. High temperatures soared into the lower 90s and heat indices reached into the lower 100s through the period.

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 27, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
1045 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

12Z IAD SOUNDING FCST MAX TEMP OF 92F THIS AFTRN. IN ADDITION...
LAMP FCST GOING FOR LOWER 90S. WILL RAISE MAX TEMPS JUST A BIT.
MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDING GAVE US AN LI OF -5 TO -7 AND A CAPE OF ABOUT
2000. HOWEVER...NO SYNOPTIC SCALE TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION. CANT RULE
OUT AN ISOLD TSRA OVR MTNS WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT MAY AID DEVELOPMENT
BUT THE CHC IS SO LOW THAT ITS NOT WORTH MENTIONING IN THE ZNS.
WILL HANDLE ANY ISOLD DEVELOPMENT W/NOWCASTS IF NECESSARY.

ALSO MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WIND IN THE RDF & ZNS.

NO CHGS 2ND PERIOD OR BEYOND.

FCSTID = 15 / DMW

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

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

22 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Page

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Page forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Shenandoah

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Shenandoah forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Warren

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Frederick

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Frederick forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Clarke

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Clarke forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.112, -77.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Loudoun

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat, Arlington

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Arlington forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Fairfax

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Fairfax forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Prince William

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Prince William forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat, Fauquier

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heat, Stafford

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Stafford forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, King George

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
King George forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.274, -77.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Spotsylvania

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Spotsylvania forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.244, -77.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Rappahannock

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Rappahannock forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Culpeper

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Culpeper forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Madison

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.414, -78.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Orange

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Greene

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Greene forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.298, -78.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Albemarle

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Albemarle forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.029, -78.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Nelson

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Nelson forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Rockingham

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Rockingham forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Augusta

When
June 27, 12:00 PM EST to June 30, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Augusta forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.109, -78.974 (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

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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: 5254489, 5254490, 5254491, 5254492, 5254493, 5254494, 5254495, 5254496, 5254497, 5254498, 5254499, 5254500, 5254501, 5254502, 5254503, 5254504, 5254505, 5254506, 5254507, 5254508, 5254509, 5254510.