2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 17, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 330 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 SHORT TERM...TNGT/FRI... ITS BECOME SOMEWHAT HECTIC DURG THE PAST HR HERE DUE TO WATCH ISSUANCE. CELLS ALREADY DVLPG ALL OVR THE RDR SCREEN. OBVIOUSLY GIVEN HIGH PWAL TSTMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HVY RAINFALL. SAVING GRACE COULD BE THAT THERE IS SOME MVMT TO THE ATMOSPHERE...AND IT WOULD TAKE TRAINING TO PRODUCE FLDG. THINK THERE WL BE SOME FOG ONCE AGN TNGT..ALTHOUGH NOT SURE IT WL BE AS DENSE AS IT WAS IN SPOTS THIS MRNG AS WIND COULD STAY UP 5-7 KTS FM W OVRNGT. AIR MASS REMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHGD ON FRI...AND WE MAY GET TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGN TMRW... WOODY && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL RETROGRADE INTO THE SOUTHERN MS VALLEY BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL SET UP ZONAL FLOW ALOFT FOR SATURDAY. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL PULL THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...BRINGING A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES FOR SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL DROP TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND TN VALLEY AND STALL...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD IN FOR FATHERS DAY AND MONDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL RETURN TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW FLOW FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL HAVE PUSHED TO THE SOUTHEAST AND TAKE UP RESIDENCY OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...AS A BERMUDA HIGH. THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL DISSIPATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND TN VALLEY DURING THIS TIME. RETURN FLOW WILL BRING BACK HOT AND HUMID SUMMER LIKE AIR WITH DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH...KEPT POPS ONLY AROUND 20 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY. THESE POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED IN LATER PERIODS. WE WENT AT OR ABOVE BOTH THE GFS AND ETA MOS. WE PRIMARILY DID THIS BECAUSE THE MODELS SEEM TO BE OVERLY AGRESSIVE PUSHING THE FRONTS THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN LATER NEXT WEEK. KELLS/REGA && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...SVR TSTM WATCH 488 TIL 9 PM. MD...SVR TSTM WATCH 488 TIL 9 PM MDC001-003-005-009-011-013-015- 017-019-021-025-027-029-031-033-035-03 7-039-041-043-045-047-510. VA...TIL 9M NRN VA. WV...TIL 9M WVC003-023-027-031-037-057-065. MARINE...SVR TSTM WTCH TIL 9PM PTMC AND NRN CHES BAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1129 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-180800- ALBEMARLE VA-ALLEGANY MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-AUGUSTA VA-BERKELEY WV- CALVERT MD-CARROLL MD-CHARLES MD-CLARKE VA-CULPEPER VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-FAUQUIER VA-FREDERICK VA- FREDERICK MD-GRANT WV-GREENE VA-HAMPSHIRE WV-HARDY WV-HARFORD MD- HIGHLAND VA-HOWARD MD-JEFFERSON WV-KING GEORGE VA-LOUDOUN VA- MADISON VA-MINERAL WV-MONTGOMERY MD-MORGAN WV-NELSON VA- NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-ORANGE VA-PAGE VA-PENDLETON WV- PRINCE GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA- RAPPAHANNOCK VA-ROCKINGHAM VA-SHENANDOAH VA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD- SPOTSYLVANIA VA-ST. MARYS MD-STAFFORD VA-WARREN VA-WASHINGTON MD- 1129 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...PENNY SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 221 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 MDZ004-005-009-010-172010- CARROLL MD-FREDERICK MD-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD- 221 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 AT 2:10 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUCKEYSTOWN IN FREDERICK COUTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE TRAVELLING ALONG AND SOUTH ONF INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. PEOPLE CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 332 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 MDZ007-172127- HARFORD MD- 332 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HARFORD COUNTY... AT 3:30 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENTLEY SPRINGS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN JARRETSVILLE...SCARBORO IN NORTHERN HARFORD COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ROSA
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down in the eastern portion of Prince William County, including Dale City.
Several roads covered by water in the City of Manassas and throughout Prince William County.
Seventy to ninety trees down at the Bowling Green Country Club. A car was also damaged by a felled tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2004
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: 5406532, 5406533, 5406534.