Excessive Heat and Heat in Virginia, July 19, 2019

Name: Excessive Heat and Heat in Virginia, July 19, 2019
Start: 2019-07-19T10:00
End: 2019-07-19T20:00
Location: Virginia

July 19, 2019 · NWS LWX · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

Temperatures from the mid 90s to near 100 degrees combined with dew points near 70 degrees to create dangerously high heat index values.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 23 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

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.

Temperatures from the mid 90s to near 100 degrees combined with dew points near 70 degrees to create dangerously high heat index values.

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 Jul 19, 9:02 AM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:02 AM EST, 58 minutes before

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Event by event

22 heat, 2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Stafford

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Spotsylvania

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Spotsylvania forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.244, -77.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, King George

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: King George forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.274, -77.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Northern Fauquier

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Southern Fauquier

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Warren

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Nelson

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Nelson forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Albemarle

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Albemarle forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.029, -78.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Greene

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.298, -78.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Madison

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.414, -78.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Rappahannock

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Rappahannock forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Orange

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Culpeper

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Culpeper forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Rockingham

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Rockingham forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Shenandoah

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Shenandoah forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Page

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Page forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Augusta

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Augusta forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Arlington

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Arlington forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Western Loudoun

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Western Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Eastern Loudoun

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Frederick

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Frederick forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Heat, Clarke

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.112, -77.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 100 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Prince William

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Prince William forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS

Heat index values exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Fairfax

When: July 19, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Fairfax forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 110 degrees.

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, July 2019

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: 842959, 842960, 842961, 842962, 842963, 842964, 842965, 842966, 842967, 842968, 842969, 842970, 842971, 842972, 842973, 842974, 842975, 842976, 842977, 842978, 842979, 842980, 842981, 842982.