Heat, Hampshire
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in West Virginia, August 6 to 10, 2001
High pressure brought ample sunshine and warm southerly winds to the region between the 6th and the 10th. Afternoon temperatures soared into the 90s and dew points in the 60s pushed heat indices to between 95 and 108 degrees.
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.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 brought ample sunshine and warm southerly winds to the region between the 6th and the 10th. Afternoon temperatures soared into the 90s and dew points in the 60s pushed heat indices to between 95 and 108 degrees. The hottest days were the 8th and 9th and when several areas recorded temperatures in the mid 90s and heat indices between 100 and 108 degrees. Martinsburg reported a high temperature of 94 degrees both days.
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 Aug 6, 2:16 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:16 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 316 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2001 MAIN FCST PROBLEM THIS PKG WL BE THREAT FM BLDG HEAT OVR FA AS UPR RDG DOMINATES MID ATLC THRU THU. AFTER AREAS OF LOW CLDS AND PTCHY DENSE FOG THIS AM...SKIES SHUD BCM M/S SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD TSRAS FORMING ON LEFTOVR BDRIES BUT CHC WL BE TOO LOW TO MENT IN ZONES. SFC WNDS WL BE SOUTHERLY TDY ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB HIER THAN YESTERDAY/S READINGS. H85 TEMPS ALSO WL CONT TO RISE AND WERE PROGGED TO BE BETW 18 AND 19 DEG C BY 00Z TUE. AM CLDS/FOG MAY CAUSE TEMPS IN SOME AREAS TO NOT GET QUITE AS HIGH AS PROJECTED FWC/MAV NUMBERS. THUS WL FCST RANGE OF LOW TO MID 90S. EXPECT THAT TEMPS WL RISE INTO THE 90S IN FAR NW ZONES AS WELL SINCE CBE REACHED AT LEAST 88 DEGS YEST. DWPTS WL BE IN L70S. RESULTING HEAT INDICIES WL MEET HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA SO WL ISSUE NPW FOR ENTIRE FA. TROF OF LOW PRES FCST TO MV INTO/DVLP OVR ERN FA LATE TNGT WHICH WL CAUSE SFC-850 WNDS TO BCM NW. NO CHG IN AMS EXPECTED W/THIS FEATURE SO WL HV PC SKIES OVERNIGHT W/REDVLPMNT OF PTCHY DENSE FOG. THE NW FLOW WL CONT THRU TUE WHICH WL CAUSE DWPTS TO DROP A DEG OR TWO. THIS DOWNSLOPE FLOW WL ALSO AID TEMPS IN REACHING U90S. RESULTING CONDS WL MEET EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH CRITERIA...SO WL ALSO ISSUE THIS FOR ENTIRE AREA. OTRW SKIES SHUD BE M/S AGN. CURRENT EXTENDED FCST IN LINE W/LATEST AVN. EXCESSIVE HEAT CONDS WL BE SUPPORTED THRU AT LEAST WED. SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDS WL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRI AS CDFNT APPROACHES FA FM THE N PRODUCING SCT CONVECTION. THANX FOR COORD PHI. FCSTID = 10 .LWX... DC...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR TUE THRU WED FOR ZONE DCZ001. HEAT ADVISORY FOR TDY FOR ZONE DCZ001. MD...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR TUE THRU WED FOR ZONES MDZ002>007...MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014...MDZ016>018. HEAT ADVISORY FOR TDY FOR ZONES MDZ002>007...MDZ009>011... MDZ013>014...MDZ016>018. VA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR TUE THRU WED FOR ZONES VAZ021...VAZ025>031...VAZ036>042...VAZ050>057. HEAT ADVISORY FOR TDY FOR ZONES VAZ021...VAZ025>031... VAZ036>042...VAZ050>057. WV...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR TUE THRU WED FOR ZONES WVZ048>055. HEAT ADVISORY FOR TDY FOR ZONES WVZ048>055. ARTHUR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:45 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 545 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2001 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING... A VERY MOIST AIR MASS COMBINED WITH CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAS ALLOWED WIDESPREAD FOG TO FORM OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES ARE 1 TO 3 MILES IN MOST LOCATIONS...BUT A FEW LOCAL AREAS HAD DENSER FOG WITH VISIBILITY BELOW 1/2 MILE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN VISIBILITY CHANGES WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE FOG WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/LWX STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Mineral
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mineral forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat, Morgan
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Berkeley
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Grant
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat, Hardy
- When
- August 6, 8:00 AM EST to August 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.008, -78.858 (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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Michigan, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Wisconsin, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, August 6 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 6, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6 to 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 6, 2001
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, August 6, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 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: 5263783, 5263784, 5263785, 5263786, 5263787, 5265533, 5265534.