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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1211 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/22/26 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT IN BURKE, VA...
THUNDERSTORM WIND
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 NW BURKE VA / FAIRFAX COUNTY / VA
START LAT/LON: 38.800 / -77.296
END DATE: JUNE 22 2026
END TIME: 5:10 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNW BURKE VA / 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.
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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