Heat, Grant
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat in West Virginia, June 12 to 13, 2001
High pressure in combination with southerly winds brought hot, hazy, and humid conditions to the Mid Atlantic region between June 12th and 13th. High temperatures soared to around 90 degrees and heat indices reached near 100 degrees through the period.
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 in combination with southerly winds brought hot, hazy, and humid conditions to the Mid Atlantic region between June 12th and 13th. High temperatures soared to around 90 degrees and heat indices reached near 100 degrees 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 12, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 1000 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 A FEW MORE HIGH CLOUDS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE CWA THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. BUT SHOULD REMAIN PRETTY THIN...CURRENT HIGH TEMPS AND MO TO PT SUNNY WORDING SEEMS FINE. SO NO UPDATE ANTICIPATED ATTM. .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 ...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE MID ATLANTIC TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES... WHILE HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S IN MOST AREAS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 95 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE BELOW 95 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF...ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY AREAS OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...TRY NOT TO OVER-EXERT YOURSELF AND DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ND
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-121500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION PIL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 ...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE MID ATLANTIC TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES... WHILE HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S IN MOST AREAS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 95 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE BELOW 95 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF...ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY AREAS OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...TRY NOT TO OVER-EXERT YOURSELF AND DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ND
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Hardy
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.008, -78.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Hampshire
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Mineral
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mineral forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Morgan
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Berkeley
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- June 12, 12:00 PM EST to June 13, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 12, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254584, 5254585, 5254586, 5254587, 5254588, 5254589, 5254590.