Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 6, 2001

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 6, 2001
Start: 2001-06-06T15:50
End: 2001-06-06T17:56
Location: Virginia

June 6, 2001 · NWS AKQ · 12 events in 6 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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: $14,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
328 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

LATEST RADAR COMPOSITES SHOWING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOC
WITH WEAK VORT MAX NOW MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. WITH AIRMASS
BEING UNSTABLE DOWNSTREAM...DONT SEE ANY REASON THIS ACTIVITY WONT
MOVE FROM W TO E ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WALLOPS FZL OVER
14000 FT...SO WILL BE HARD TO GET HAIL. VIL OF DAY 60 OR SO.
ALSO...NOT MUCH WIND OR WIND SHEAR IN SOUNDING...BUT STILL COULD SEE
ISOLD PULSE SEVERE.

FRONTAL WAVE TO PASS E OF AREA BY TOMORROW...AND FRONT DROPS S BACK
DOOR STYLE. LOOKING FOR CHC SHOWERS EARLY N...THEN CLEARING...BUT
WITH CHC SHOWERS AND STORMS ALL DAY S...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING THU
NIGHT. AM GOING WITH A DRY FORECAST FRI THRU SUN...ALTHOUGH THIS
WILL DEPEND ON WHERE FRONT HANGS UP. AT THIS POINT...AM CONTINUING
WITH A DRY FCAST...AS THINK THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT FAR ENUF S TO
KEEP PRECIP SOUTH OF AREA...INCLUDING ANY PRECIP ASSOC WITH REMANTS
OF ALLISON...WHICH WILL LIKELY EVENTUALLY LIFT N AND E ALONG THE
STALLED OUT FRONT.

WILL GO WITH CHC OF SHOWERS FOR MON...AS NRN STREAM CLIPPER SYSTEM
DROPS SOUTHEAST...ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTING MUCH WITH THIS SYSTEM. DRY
FOR REMAINDER OF EXTENDED.

FCSTID = 18
SBY   63  77  56  79 /  50  30  10   0
OXB   63  73  56  73 /  50  30  10   0
ECG   70  78  62  78 /  40  40  20  10
ORF   70  78  62  78 /  40  40  20  10
PHF   69  80  60  79 /  50  40  10  10
AKQ   69  80  60  79 /  50  40  10  10
RIC   67  78  58  78 /  50  30  10   0
FVX   69  80  60  79 /  50  40  10  10

.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.

REILLY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 11:22 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
1222 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

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

0830 PM    VICTORIA                  VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/01   LUNENBURG                      4 DOWNED TREES SCATTERED
                                          ABOUT COUNTY

0850 PM    CHASE CITY                VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/01   MECKLENBURG                    TREE DOWN

0900 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/01   MECKLENBURG                    TREE DOWN

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hanover

When: June 6, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Hanover County, 4 mi W of Ashland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.750, -77.550

Hail, Henrico

When: June 6, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Henrico County, Short Pump
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.650, -77.617

Hail, Richmond (C)

When: June 6, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Richmond (C) County, Richmond
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.550, -77.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Henrico

When: June 6, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Henrico County, 5 mi SE of Short Pump
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.600, -77.550

Trees and power lines down.

Hail, Henrico

When: June 6, 4:25 PM EST
Where: Henrico County, Glen Allen
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.667, -77.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Henrico

When: June 6, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Henrico County, 4 mi SE of Short Pump
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.617, -77.567

Trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond (C)

When: June 6, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Richmond (C) County, Richmond
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.550, -77.450

Trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charles City (C)

When: June 6, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Charles City (C) County, Charles City
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.333, -77.067

Trees down across Lewis Tyler Road.

Flash Flood, Richmond (C)

When: June 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Richmond (C) County, Richmond
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.554, -77.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

I-95 north bound closed at Broad Street underpass where 2 feet of water covered the roadway.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charles City (C)

When: June 6, 5:40 PM EST
Where: Charles City (C) County, 2 mi S of Barnetts
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.333, -77.150

Numerous large tree limbs down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield

When: June 6, 5:40 PM EST
Where: Chesterfield County, 4 mi E of Chester
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.350, -77.383

Trees down across Enon Church Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George

When: June 6, 5:56 PM EST
Where: Prince George County, 3 mi W of New Bohemia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.183, -77.367

Trees down across Birdsong Road.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5257008, 5257009, 5257011, 5257010, 5257012, 5257013, 5257014, 5257015, 5257018, 5257016, 5257019, 5257017.