Excessive Heat, Culpeper
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat and Heat in Virginia, July 21, 2019
Temperatures from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees combined with dew points in the 70s 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.
- 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
- 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 around 100 degrees combined with dew points in the 70s to create dangerously high heat index values.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 excessive heat, 12 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Prince William
- When
- July 21, 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 21, 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.
Excessive Heat, Arlington
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Stafford
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Spotsylvania
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, King George
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Northern Fauquier
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Southern Fauquier
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Western Loudoun
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Eastern Loudoun
- When
- July 21, 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 110 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Clarke
- When
- July 21, 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 105 degrees.
Heat, Orange
- When
- July 21, 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, Nelson
- When
- July 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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, Frederick
- When
- July 21, 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, Page
- When
- July 21, 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, Warren
- When
- July 21, 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, Augusta
- When
- July 21, 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, Rockingham
- When
- July 21, 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 21, 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.
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
- 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 Arizona, July 21 to 26, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Maryland, July 21, 2019
- Heat in Arizona, July 21, 2019
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 21 to 31, 2019
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 21, 2019
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 843053, 843054, 843055, 843056, 843057, 843058, 843059, 843060, 843061, 843062, 843063, 843064, 843065, 843066, 843067, 843068, 843069, 843070, 843071, 843072, 843073, 843074, 843075, 843076.