Hail, Grayson
- When
- June 2, 10:50 AM EST
- Where
- Grayson County, Independence
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -81.150
Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
Heavy rainfall flooded some roads in Pulaski and damaged roads and fences and washed a vehicle a considerable distance downstream 3 miles north-northwest of Patterson.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $26,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon hours on the 2nd produced hail up to golf ball size, damaging lightning, and flash flooding.A lightning strike destroyed two transformers in Pulaski.Heavy rainfall flooded some roads in Pulaski and damaged roads and fences and washed a vehicle a considerable distance downstream 3 miles north-northwest of Patterson.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:50 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wythe
- When
- June 2, 11:10 AM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, 6 mi W of Patterson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -80.900
Hail, Carroll
- When
- June 2, 11:40 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, 1 mi SW of Woodlawn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -80.830
Hail, Carroll
- When
- June 2, 11:40 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, 2 mi W of Byllesby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -80.970
Hail, Wythe
- When
- June 2, 11:50 AM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, 2 mi NW of Patterson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -80.820
Hail, Wythe
- When
- June 2, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, Grahams Forge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.930, -80.870
Lightning, Pulaski
- When
- June 2, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Pulaski
- Property damage
- $600
- Coordinates
- 37.064, -80.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wythe
- When
- June 2, 12:30 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, 3 mi NNW of Patterson
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.917, -81.079 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Pulaski
- When
- June 2, 12:50 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Pulaski
- Coordinates
- 37.064, -80.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- June 2, 1:22 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Christiansburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -80.420
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- June 2, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 2 mi NNE of Blacksburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -80.400
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5605937, 5605939, 5605938, 5606078, 5605940, 5606074, 5605941, 5606079, 5606075, 5606076, 5606077.