5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Aug 7, 2:16 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 316 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... MORNING CONVECTION HAS STABILIZED MUCH OF THE FCST AREA AND MOST STORMS ARE FORMING TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SE SO BEST CHCS OF STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE WEST. DEEP NW ALOFT AND RELATIVELY STABLE AIR WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION FROM ABOUT ROA EAST THIS EVENING. WESTERN SLOPES COULD REMAIN ACTIVE OVERNIGHT AS MORE ENERGY ASSOC WITH FRONTAL BNDRY DROPS SE OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY. LIKE TODAY CONTINUING DEEP NW FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE BEST ACTION IN THE WEST. SAME PATTERN CONTINUES TMRW AS FRONTAL BNDRY APPROACHES. DAYTIME HEATING WILL FIRE UP CONVECTION ALONG LEE TROF IN THE EAST. JUST A MATTER OF WHERE IT SETS UP. MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE FCST AREA. RAIN AND CLOUDS KEPT SOME AREAS IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS LIKE SOUTHSIDE VA HAD MORE SUN WHICH ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S. COULD SEE THE SAME TEMPERATURE PATTERN ON TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE HIGH PRESSURE TAKES RESIDENCE IN NE USA. AT LEAST THAT WAS WHAT THE 06Z MODELS WERE SHOWING. 12Z NAM-WRF AND GFS NOT PUSHING BOUNDARY AS FAR SOUTH AS PREVIOUS RUNS. MODELS PREDICTING 850 BOUNDARY TO BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE VA/TN-VA/NC BORDER WITH A WAVE RIDING ALONG IT ON WEDNESDAY. BULK OF PRECIP TO FALL IN SW VA (MTN EMPIRE) AND NW NC HIGHLANDS. WITH DRY AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...I AM THINKING MODELS ARE TO BULLISH WITH AMOUNTS AND SHOULD WILL REMAIN SPOTTY AND LIGHT IF IT DOES RAIN. WENT AHEAD AND ADDED 20/30 POPS IN SW CWA. FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WENT WITH HPC GUIDANCE WHO FAVORED THE ECMWF. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... RAIN IS DIMINISHING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FCST AREA AND FIRING UP IN THE FAR SW AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE FA WHERE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE. AMONG TAF SITES THINK DAN HAS THE BEST CHC OF TSTMS THIS AFTN...BUT REALLY THINK IT WILL BE SOUTH OF THERE. NEXT DECENT CHC OF CONVECTION IS LATE TONIGHT IN THE WEST AS SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL BNDRY PRESSES SOUTH. UPSLOPE NW FLOW WILL ENHANCE CHCS OF TSTMS ON THE WESTERN SLOPES...AND LIKE TODAY LIMIT CONVECTION ELSEWHERE THRU 18Z TMRW. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && JS/RCS/JS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-080800- 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- 346 AM EDT MON AUG 7 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN BY WEEKS END. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
338 PM EDT MON AUG 07 2006
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0333 PM TSTM WND DMG HAYS 36.25N 81.12W
08/07/2006 WILKES NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON AIRPORT RD.
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HYSELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 345 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ020-072015- YADKIN NC- 345 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF YADKINVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER BUCK SHOALS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...BUCK SHOALS AT 350 PM EDT...YADKINVILLE AT 355 PM EDT...LONE HICKORY AT 410 PM EDT...AND COURTNEY AT 415 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 447 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 WVZ042-072130- MERCER- 447 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INBOUND... THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ARRIVE IN THE WENONAH AND MATOAKA AREA BETWEEN 500 PM AND 515 PM. THESE STORMS WILL REACH ATHENS AND PRINCETON BY 535 PM. IF TRAVELING PREPARE FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND WATER PONDED ON THE ROADS. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK A SAFE SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 501 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ019-072130- WILKES NC- 501 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BOOMER ALONG ROUTE 18. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING RURAL LOCATIONS ALONG ROUTE 16 THROUGH 530 PM...AND MAY AFFECT THE MORAVIAN FALLS AREA. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN OF AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 544 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 VAZ010>014-016-017-072300- BLAND-CARROLL-FLOYD-GILES-MONTGOMERY-PULASKI-WYTHE- 544 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AREA DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 540 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE TOWNS OF KIMBERLING IN BLAND COUNTY...MAX MEADOWS IN WYTHE COUNTY...PULASKI AND ALLISONIA IN PULASKI COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE MECHANICSBURG...GUNTON PARK... PULASKI...ALLISONIA AND CLAYTOR LAKE AREAS THROUGH 600 PM...AND THEN POSSIBLY THE PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...CHRISTIANSBURG AND INDIAN VALLEY AREAS BY 630 OR 700 PM. EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES FROM THESE STORMS. IF TRAVELING PREPARE FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND WATER PONDED ON THE ROADS. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. 06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 556 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 WVZ042-072300- MERCER WV- 556 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST MERCER COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF OAKVALE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...OAKVALE AT 610 PM EDT...ELGOOD AT 615 PM EDT...WILLOWTON BY 630 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30MINUTES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ON THE ROADS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Barn struck by lightning, burned down.
Large tree blown down, along with several large limbs in Snowville.
Power line down on Sontag Road.
Two large oak trees uprooted, and 2 locust trees snapped off on Mount Carmel Road.
Tops of two large trees snapped off.
Two large trees snapped off near their base.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 2006
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: 5529791, 5529790, 5529792, 5529793, 5529794, 5529871.