Heavy Rain, Albemarle
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Albemarle County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -78.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Route 20 was flooded by heavy downpours.
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 5, 2001
Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and frequent lightning moved through the southern Shenandoah Valley during the evening of the 5th. In Augusta County, a power transformer was damaged by lightning resulting in the loss of power to 4600 residents.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $106,000
- 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 with heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and frequent lightning moved through the southern Shenandoah Valley during the evening of the 5th. In Augusta County, a power transformer was damaged by lightning resulting in the loss of power to 4600 residents. Another bolt started a garage fire near Dooms. In Waynesboro, a felled tree branch downed a power line. Heavy downpours flooded city streets. In Albemarle County, high winds downed trees between 10 and 15 miles from Keene. Pea sized hail was reported near Charlottesville. Heavy downpours flooded low lying areas and Route 20 was covered in water. In Nelson County, high winds downed a tree on Wilson Road. Heavy downpours caused small creeks to overflow their banks briefly. A trucker who drove across a flooded roadway hydroplaned and his vehicle flipped into a creek. No injuries were reported. A home in the Faber area was hit by lightning and the ensuing fire burned the structure to the ground.
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 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001 TDAS 12Z GUIDNC IN AGREEMENT WITH PREV COUPLE RUNS AS TO OVERALL SUMMER-LIKE SYNOPTIC PTTN TO OCCUR ACRS THE OH VLY AND MID-ATLC RGN INTO THU. MODELS THEN FCST NWLY FLOW ALOFT TO DOMINATE ONCE AGAIN INTO THE WEEKEND AND ELY NEXT WEEK. WEAK FRNTL BNDRY NOW S OF THE CWA ATTM FCST TO BOUNCE BACK OVRNGT AND BCM THE FOCUS FOR CONV ACTVTY MVG FM THE OH VLY STATES E ACRS THE CWA AND VCNTY MAINLY AFT MIDN TNGT AS CURRENTLY DEPICTED IN SAT IMAGERY. HOWEVER XPCT ONLY SHRA ACTVTY LIKE LAST NGT. UPR FLOW AND WEAK SFC WAVE WL SETTLE FRNTL BNDRY MAINLY W TO E ACRS THE CWA DURING WED AND BCM THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONV ACTVTY DURING THE AFTN. AIR MASS WL BE MORE UNSTBL ALONG WITH SOME INCRS IN UPR SUPPORT PER FLAT S/WS IN THE UPR FLOW. MORE OF THE SAME FOR WED NGT. TOWARDS THU MRNG UPR FLOW WL BCM MORE NW WHILE SFC FRNTL WAVES AND ASSOC FRNTL BNDRY MOVE S OF THE CWA ALONG WITH SHRA/TSRA. XPCT ACTVTY TO BE ENDING OVR THE CWA DURING THU MRNG FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLRG AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR MASS THEREAFTER FOR FRI AND THE WEEKEND. OTW THATS IT FOR NOW...NEXT TIME. FCSTID = 13...PAP DCA 65 78 65 75 / 30 50 50 40 BWI 65 78 65 75 / 30 50 50 40 MRB 65 75 63 73 / 30 50 50 40 IAD 65 78 65 75 / 30 50 50 40 CHO 65 78 65 74 / 30 50 50 50 HGR 65 75 63 73 / 30 50 50 40 NHK 65 78 65 75 / 30 50 50 40 .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
Event by event
3 heavy rain, 3 lightning, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Nelson
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A truck hydroplaned on a flooded roadway and landed in a swollen creek.
Heavy Rain, Waynesboro (C)
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Waynesboro (C) County, Waynesboro
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.069, -78.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roadway flooding was reported.
Lightning, Augusta
- When
- June 5, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, East Portion
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.165, -79.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A power transformer was damaged by lightning.
Lightning, Augusta
- When
- June 5, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, Dooms
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.165, -79.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning sparked a garage fire.
Thunderstorm Wind, Waynesboro (C)
- When
- June 5, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Waynesboro (C) County, Waynesboro
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.067, -78.883
A power line was downed.
Lightning, Nelson
- When
- June 5, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson County, Faber
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning fire destroyed a home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- June 5, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.783, -78.883
A tree was downed onto Wilson Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Albemarle
- When
- June 5, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Albemarle County, Keene
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.867, -78.567
Trees were downed about 10 to 15 miles from Keene.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tropical Storm in Texas, June 5 to 10, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 14, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 8, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 5 to 6, 2001
More
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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: 5254129, 5254130, 5254131, 5254132, 5254133, 5254134, 5254135, 5254136, 5254137.