Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke
- When
- June 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roanoke County, Hollins
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.833, -79.917
Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 2004
Downburst resulted in 200 to 300 yard wide swath of trees being downed. Several 12 to 18 inch diameter trees were snapped in half.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
Downburst resulted in 200 to 300 yard wide swath of trees being downed. Several 12 to 18 inch diameter trees were snapped in half.
What forecasters said that day
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 1:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 239 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .SYNOPSIS... WILL KEEP THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH FOR FAR SE WV...SOUTH INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NC IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO MY FAR WRN CWA THIS EVENING...WHERE LOWEST FFG ARE....WHICH IS ALSO THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN HARD HIT RECENTLY WITH HEAVY RAIN && .SHORT TERM (THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING...AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A TROPICAL CONNECTION INTERACTING WITH THE WESTERLIES JUST NORTH OF US. LOOKS LIKE MY SRN FA WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF THE HEAVIER RAINS ON TUESDAY AFTN AND EVENING....AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MTNS. FRONT APPROACHES WED...WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF SHRA/TSRA...THEN STALLS IT OUT...AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL PUT OUR WRN CWA IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION. LEANED TOWARD ETA/S SPEED OF SYSTEMS GIVEN STRENGTH OF RIDGE. OVERALL LOWERED MAX TEMPS BASED ON MORE CLD COVERAGE AND PRECIP CHANCES...AND INCREASED OVERNIGHT LOWS...AS WE STAY IN A RATHER HUMID AIR MASS. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... THU-SUN STILL LOOKING UNSETTLED...AS BROAD TROF OVER THE EAST REMAINS...WITH SERIES OF SFC FRONTS AND DISTURBANCES AFFECTING THE FA. TOWARD LATTER HALF OF WEEKEND ENOUGH OF A PUSH FROM THE NW TO SEND FRONT THROUGH THE FA BY SUNDAY AFTN...AND AT THIS POINT...HI PRS LOOKS TO PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE HARD TO COME BY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE FCST AREA. BKN-OVC LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL PREDOMINATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... CEILINGS 500-1500 FEET AT NIGHT...LIFTING TO BETWN 1500 AND 3000 FEET AGL DURING THE DAY. DURING THE PEAK HEATING (2-5 PM) EACH DAY...THERE MAY BE A WINDOW OF VRF CONDITIONS WITH CLOUD BASES BEING LIFTED TO 4000 AGL...BUT THIS WILL ALSO BE THE SAME TIME WHEN AREAS OF TSRA WILL FORM RESULTING IN ERRATIC LOW LEVEL WINDS AND LCL IFR VSBYS. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...FLOOD WATCH TO MIDNIGHT...NCZ001-002-018. VA...FLOOD WATCH TO MIDNIGHT...VAZ007-009-010-012-015. WV...FLOOD WATCH TO MIDNIGHT...WVZ042-043. && AVIATION: 11 SHORT TERM: 05 LONG TERM: 05
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:34 AM EST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 534 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042-043-151000- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-GRAYSON VA-MERCER WV-SMYTH VA- SUMMERS WV-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC-WYTHE VA- 534 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLOODING IS SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011-013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- 058-059-WVZ044-045-151000- ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST VA-APPOMATTOX VA-BATH VA-BEDFORD VA- BOTETOURT VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA-CARROLL VA-CASWELL NC- CHARLOTTE VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-GILES VA-GREENBRIER WV- HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA- PITTSYLVANIA VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ROCKINGHAM NC- STOKES NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC-YADKIN NC- 534 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:06 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 206 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 NCZ001-002-VAZ009-012-015-016-141900- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA- 206 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 AT 2:00 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA BORDER...JUST WEST OF GALAX VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN...MOST OF WHICH WAS FALLING IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. RAIN RATES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES AN HOUR. AS A RESULT...RAPID RUNOFF IS LIKELY FROM THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTH INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...FROM WYTHEVILLE TO MARION. FOR YOUR SAFETY...BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...ALONG WITH DEBRIS WASHED OUT OF DITCHES. FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 11
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flood in Ohio, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004
- Flooding in Ohio, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 14, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 14, 2004
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2004
- Flood in Virginia, June 14, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 14, 2004
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2004
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: 5407137.