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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/22/26 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT - UPDATE 1...
UPDATE
ADDED PATH OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE THROUGH PAGE COUNTY VA.
THUNDERSTORM WIND 1
PEAK WIND /E/: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 6/22/2026
START TIME: 3:47 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES E INTERSECTIONS / PAGE COUNTY / VA
START LAT/LON: 38.630 / -78.551
END DATE: 6/22/2026
END TIME: 3:51 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 MILE SE STONY MAN / PAGE COUNTY / VA
END LAT/LON: 38.626 / -78.424
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY JUNE 22ND
PRODUCED A DOWNBURST OF DAMAGING WIND THAT CREATED A PATH OF
DAMAGE NEARLY SEVEN MILES LONG THROUGH CENTRAL PAGE COUNTY
VIRGINIA, ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LURAY.
ALONG THAT PATH THAT PASSED THROUGH THE TOWNS OF LEAKSVILLE AND
STONY MAN, THERE WERE MANY TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. IN ADDITION
OUTBUILDING, SHED, SIDING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT.
PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH WERE ESTIMATED AROUND MILL CREEK RD, RODEO
DRIVE, AND MT. ZION ROAD BETWEEN E BRANCH RD AND REDMAN STORE RD
WHERE THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. A HOME ROOF WAS
PARTIALLY LIFTED ON RODEO DR. THERE WAS ALSO ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO
HOMES ON MT. ZION DRIVE, WHERE ABOUT HALF OF THE WINDWARD SIDE OF
EACH ROOF WAS LIFTED OFF. THE SAME WAS TRUE FOR CHICKEN HOUSES ON
THE PROPERTY WHERE SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE TIN ROOFS WERE
LIFTED OFF AND THROWN DOWNWIND, OR BENT. LARGE HAY BALES WERE
ROLLED TENS OF YARDS. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO BE UNIDIRECTIONAL WITH
STORM MOVEMENT, GENERALLY THROWN TO EAST.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS EQUAL TO EF0 AND EF1
TORNADOES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANKS PAGE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE LOCAL BROADCAST
METEOROLOGISTS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH INFORMATION AND DAMAGE
REPORTS.
THUNDERSTORM WIND 2
PEAK WIND /E/: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:1.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JUNE 22 2026
START TIME: 5:09 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 MILE NW BURKE / FAIRFAX COUNTY / VA
START LAT/LON: 38.800 / -77.296
END DATE: JUNE 22 2026
END TIME: 5:10 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 MILE NNW BURKE / FAIRFAX COUNTY / VA
END LAT/LON: 38.804 / -77.278
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A STRONG DOWNBURST ONE MILE
NORTHWEST OF BURKE VA WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED 90 MPH. WHILE
OTHER MINOR SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED OUTSIDE OF THE
MICROBURST IN THE GENERAL AREA, THE MICROBURST AFFECTED THE
COMMUNITIES AROUND LAKE ROYAL. SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATED DAMAGE
BEGAN ALONG ZION ROAD BETWEEN THE CROSS STREETS OF GUINEA DRIVE
AND HILLARD LAKE ROAD. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG BRIDGEWOOD
DRIVE AND FALMEAD ROAD BEFORE REACHING LAKE ROYAL. THROUGH THIS
AREA, MANY, THOUGH NOT ALL, OF THE TREES WERE SNAPPED MIDWAY,
UPROOTED, OR HAD LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF. TREES FELL ONTO CARS,
POWERLINES, ROADS, AND HOMES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. DAMAGE WAS
UNIDIRECTIONALLY PUSHED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF
STORM MOVEMENT.
AS THE MICROBURST CROSSED LAKE ROYAL, THE LACK OF TREES AND
ROUGHNESS ALLOWED THE WINDS TO ACCELERATE AND THEN BLAST THE
TOWNHOMES ON THE EAST SHORE. SEVERAL TOWNHOMES ON THAT ROW FACING
THE LAKE HAD SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS LIFTED OFF. WINDS
WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE PEAKED AT 90 MPH.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE ALONG GUINEA DRIVE, TREES WERE
SNAPPED ONTO THE ROAD AND POWERLINES. A BUSINESS PARK BUILDING WAS
NOTED TO HAVE SOME DAMAGE DUE TO THE ROOF BEING SLIGHTLY LIFTED
TEMPORARILY.
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE EAST
SIDE OF LAKE ROYAL WITH SIMILAR TREE DAMAGE ALONG LAKEPOINT DRIVE
WEST OF GUINEA ROAD. TREES AND BRANCHES WERE AGAIN SNAPPED ONTO
CARS AND HOMES, AND TOWNHOME FENCES WERE PUSHED DOWN ON MANY
PROPERTIES. EAST OF GUINEA ROAD, WINDS LESSENED AND TREE DAMAGE
BECAME ISOLATED. ONE FURTHER POINT OF NOTE WAS BURKE ROAD NEAR
PEPPERCORN DRIVE WHERE A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED, ONE ONTO A BUS
STAND AND STREET LIGHT.
THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY, DAMAGE WAS PUSHED TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE
DIRECTION OF STORM MOVEMENT. NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR KLWX IN
STERLING, VA, AS WELL AS FAA TERMINAL DOPPLER RADARS FROM TDCA
AND TADW, DISPLAYED THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST SIGNATURES AT THE BURKE
LOCATION AT THE TIME, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION INDICATING THE
STORM BEING TORNADIC. SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST
WIND GUSTS CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE DAMAGE EQUIVALENT TO DAMAGE FROM
EF0 AND EF1 TORNADOES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS EQUAL TO EF0 AND EF1
TORNADOES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANKS FAIRFAX COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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