Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2006

Name: Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2006
Start: 2006-06-01T15:30
End: 2006-06-01T15:30
Location: North Carolina

June 1, 2006 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 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 1, 2:59 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:59 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:51 PM EST, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-021200-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
351 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES
AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

LAWRENCE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:06 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1106 AM EDT THU JUN 01 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             LONGDALE FURNACE        37.83N 79.72W
05/31/2006  E1.00 INCH       ALLEGHANY          VA   PUBLIC

&&

HYSELL

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:57 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

VAZ022-023-012000-
ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...FINCASTLE
257 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS TO EFFECT SALEM AND ROANOKE BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:00 PM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SALEM AND ROANOKE BETWEEN 3:00
AND 4:00 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...
AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER
AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY.

IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FOR YOUR SAFETY...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORIST WILL ENCOUNTER VERY POOR
VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH FOR STOPPED
TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 81 AND 581.

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:50 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:00 PM EST, 30 minutes before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caswell

When: June 1, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Caswell County, Providence
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.500, -79.367

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2006

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5516132.