Virginia, 2001

Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 · NWS LWX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and damaging winds moved across northern Virginia between 3 and 5 PM EDT on the 30th. In Loudoun County, a 43 MPH wind gust was reported at the Leesburg Airport.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$11,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and damaging winds moved across northern Virginia between 3 and 5 PM EDT on the 30th. In Loudoun County, a 43 MPH wind gust was reported at the Leesburg Airport. A small tree was downed in the northeast part of town. A spotter in Leesburg reported 2.5 inches of rainfall in less than an hour. In Frederick County, two 6 inch diameter trees were downed in Stephens City. In Fauquier County, trees were downed onto a home on Morgansburg Road. Several other trees were downed onto roads nearby. In Rappahannock County, a 43 MPH wind gust was reported in Castleton.

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 30, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001

HEAT ADVSRY CURRENTLY IN EFFECT SEEMS TO BE VERIFYING - 2 PM
ROUND-UP SHOWS SVRL STATIONS ARND 98 DEGS FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES. AS
ANTICIPATED SCT CONVECTION IS FIRING. HOWEVER A FOCUS IS LACKING FOR
AN ORGANIZED LINE. EVEN SO FEEL SOME CELLS COULD GO SVR WITH CAPES OVER
3000 THIS AFTN. CURRENT VWP SHOWS A FLOW FM THE WSW ARND 10 KTS. THIS
CORRESPONDS WITH CELL MVMNT.

FCST WL HAVE SCT CONVECTION INTO THE EVENG HRS...THEN PC AND CONT
WARM OVRNGT. FOR TMRW AM UNSURE OF NEED FOR ANOTHER HEAT ADVSRY - FOR ONE
THING TMRW IS JULY...AND ON JUL 1 MIN REQUIREMENT RISES FM 98 TO 100.

TMRW AFTN AND EVE COULD BE INTERESTING - ALL MDLS IN AGREEMENT ON
MVMNT OF CD FNT SWD ACROSS PA ON SUN AFTN. SPC HAS ERN PA IN MDT
RISK...AND NRN HALF OF OUR CWA IN SLGT RISK. FOR NOW WL GO WITH A 50
POP ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA SUN AFTN...40 POP S. WL KEEP A
CHC IN FOR SUN EVENG.

MON LOOKS LIKE A PLEASNT CHG TO THE PAST SVRL DAYS.

DCA   75  92  65  79 /  30  50  40  10
BWI   72  90  63  77 /  30  50  40   0
MRB   68  91  62  76 /  30  50  30   0
IAD   69  90  63  77 /  30  50  40   0
CHO   69  92  64  80 /  30  40  40  10
HGR   68  91  62  76 /  30  50  30   0
NHK   73  92  64  80 /  30  40  40  10
W99   65  89  59  73 /  30  50  30   0

.LWX...
DC...NONE.

MD...NONE.

VA...NONE.

W2V...NONE.

WOODY!

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fauquier

When
June 30, 2:40 PM EST
Where
Fauquier County, Countywide
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.750, -77.800

Trees were downed onto roads and a house.

Heavy Rain, Loudoun

When
June 30, 3:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where
Loudoun County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Frederick

When
June 30, 3:25 PM EST
Where
Frederick County, Stephens City
Property damage
$500
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.083, -78.217

Two trees were downed.

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.
Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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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: 5254511, 5254512, 5254513.