A heatwave impacted southeast Virginia on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the mid 70s to around 80 degrees.
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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 episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
A heatwave impacted southeast Virginia on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the mid 70s to around 80 degrees.
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 5:49 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 653 AM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025 NCZ017-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>080-085-086-098-509>522-281100- Western Currituck-Eastern Currituck-Fluvanna-Prince Edward- Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia- Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick- Dinwiddie-Middlesex-Mathews-Virginia Beach-Western Louisa- Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- 653 AM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Scattered storms are possible this afternoon into this evening. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall are the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity continues into the middle of the week with daily heat indices of 105 to 109 degrees possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ081>084-087>090-092-093-095>097-523>525-281100- Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Bertie-Chowan- Perquimans-Prince George (including Hopewell and Petersburg)- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Greensville-Sussex-Surry-James City- Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-York- Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson- 653 AM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025 ...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, east central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Extreme Heat Warning. Scattered storms are possible this afternoon into this evening. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall are the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity continues into the middle of the week with daily heat indices of 105 to 109 degrees possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ021>024-VAZ099-100-281100- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Accomack-Northampton- 653 AM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Scattered storms are possible this afternoon into this evening. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall are the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity continues into the middle of the week with daily heat indices up to around 105 possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-281100- Maryland Beaches- 653 AM EDT Sun Jul 27 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered storms are possible this afternoon into this evening. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall are the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity continues into the middle of the week with daily heat indices up to around 100 degrees possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A heatwave impacted Norfolk on July 27. Heat indices reached 108-112 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Chesapeake on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s.
A heatwave impacted Suffolk on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Isle of Wight on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Surry County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Prince George County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Gloucester County on July 27. Heat indices reached 108-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
A heatwave impacted Middlesex County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
A heatwave impacted James City County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
A heatwave impacted Newport News on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted York County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
A heatwave impacted Sussex County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the mid to upper 70s.
A heatwave impacted Greensville County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted eastern Chesterfield County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted New Kent County on July 27. Heat indices reached 105-110 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Hampton and Poquoson on July 27. Heat indices reached 105-110 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s.
A heatwave impacted Southampton County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Brunswick County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A heatwave impacted Charles City County on July 27. Heat indices reached 110-115 degrees with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2025
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: 1285299, 1285486, 1285488, 1285490, 1285491, 1285492, 1285509, 1285510, 1285512, 1285513, 1285514, 1285495, 1285499, 1285506, 1285507, 1285515, 1285503, 1285504, 1285505.