Hail, Ashe
- When
- June 24, 4:04 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe County, Baldwin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -81.530
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 24, 2007
Severe thunderstorms caused wind damage and hail up to the size of a penny.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Severe thunderstorms caused wind damage and hail up to the size of a penny.
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 24, 1:49 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:49 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 249 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE COMMON FOR OUR AREA DURING THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND HELPING TO BRING BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR FRIDAY INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS WEAK RESIDUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH WHILE UPPER HEIGHTS SLOWLY BUILD OVERTOP MOISTURE. THIS IN COMBO WITH WEAK SHEARED ENERGY FROM OHIO VALLEY 5H SYSTEM AND HEATING SHOULD GIVE RISE TO BETTER DIURNAL CONVECTION THRU MONDAY AFTERNOON. OTRW BASED ON CURRENT INCREASING COVERAGE SW AND LATEST MODELS WILL KEEP DECENT HIGH CHANCE POPS ESPCLY INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING WHERE MSAS HAS GOOD INSTABILITY. ELSEWHERE LIKE LOWER CHANCES BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH AS DEEPER MOISTURE ADVECTION CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND OUTFLOW AIDS LOCAL CONVERGENCE. OTRW PC...WARM AND HUMID OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPS AT OR ABOVE MOS WHICH HAS BEEN TOO COOL WITH LOWS OF LATE. BEST FOCUS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY FARTHER WEST OF EXITING OFFSHORE SURFACE RIDGE AND AIDED BY OROGRAPHICS. BASED ON AMOUNT OF FORECAST INSTABILITY AND HIGH PWATS EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP QUICKER WITH HEAVY RAIN A GOOD BET. THUS WILL LEAN TOWARD 40ISH POPS WEST AND KEEP POCKET OF ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE SE WHERE MORE SUBSIDENCE MAY LINGER. OTRW ONLY SMALL ADJUSTS TO POPS AND TEMPS WHICH SHOULD PUSH INTO THE MUGGY 80S MOST SPOTS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BEST THETA-E AXIS REMAINS OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING THIS PERIOD. COMBINED WITH BOTH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND WEAK OROGRAPHICAL EFFECTS...ABOUT THE SAME FORECAST CONTINUES INTO THIS PERIOD. THE CONCERN WILL REMAIN FOR MAINLY DIURNAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS PRIMARILY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NW NC AND SW VA WITH SMALLER CHANCES ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE INCREASED. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY THE AREA SHOULD START TO SEE BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. WHILE THE SCENARIO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF PARAMETERS AS THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...AN ADDED COMPONENT WILL BE INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS IN ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH FROM THE OHIO AND POTOMAC VALLEYS. SATURDAY THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION. BY SUNDAY...THE FRONT CURRENTLY IS FORECAST TO BE SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN BEHIND IT. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN A COOLING TREND FRIDAY...SO THAT BY THE WEEKEND READINGS WILL BE ON AVERAGE 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE EXPECTED MID-WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL OVER THE APPALACHIANS INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE MIDWEST PER UPPER LOW OVER THE OH VALLEY. EVEN SO CLOUD BASES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT VFR LEVELS IN SCT/BKN AC AND DEVELOPING CU. HOWEVER HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN SCT DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. SINCE COVERAGE SCATTERED AND TIMING OF CONVECTIVE CELLS OVER ANY GIVEN TAF SITE UNCERTAIN WILL ENTERTAIN VCTS AND CB AT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA LIKELY TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT BEFORE SHRA TAPERS OFF TO PATCHY MVFR FOG/HZ BY MORNING. SIMILAR WX CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH MAINLY DIURNAL DRIVEN SHRA/TSRA. SOME LATE NIGHT LIGHT HAZE AND FOG ALSO LIKELY PER GRADUAL MOISTENING OF BOUNDARY LAYER. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DS NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS AVIATION...JH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:20 AM EST, 12 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-250830- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:50 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 VAZ007-009-242045- SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA- 350 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROADFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...HUNGRY MOTHER STATE PARK AT 400 PM EDT... NEBO AT 415 PM EDT...MARION WYTHEVILLE AIRPORT AT 430 PM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES...ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:01 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 401 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 NCZ001-018-242100- WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC- 401 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF TODD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...BALDWIN...WEST JEFFERSON AT 410 PM EDT...FLEETWOOD AT 425 PM EDT...DEEP GAP AT 435 PM EDT... THROUGH 357 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL 4 MILES NORTH OF TODD.4 MILES NORTH OF TODD. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT...BALDWIN...WEST JEFFERSON AT 410 PM EDT...FLEETWOOD AT 425 PM EDT...DEEP GAP AT 435 PM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:09 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 409 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 VAZ013-242115- PULASKI VA- 409 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...PULASKI AT 425 PM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR...WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:26 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM HAIL 6 NNE VOLNEY 36.70N 81.34W
06/24/2007 E1.25 INCH GRAYSON VA PUBLIC
HAIL LASTED 5 MINUTES
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE VOLNEY 36.70N 81.34W
06/24/2007 GRAYSON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN BLOCKING FLATRIDGE ROAD
&&
DSSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 3:30 PM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 430 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 VAZ013-014-242130- MONTGOMERY VA-PULASKI VA- 430 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RADFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...RADFORD...FAIRLAWN AT 505 PM EDT...WALTON AT 515 PM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A HALF INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR....WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:56 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
456 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL FAIRLAWN 37.15N 80.56W
06/24/2007 E1.00 INCH PULASKI VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JJACKSONThe radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 24, 4:18 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, 1 mi N of Silverstone
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.315, -81.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 24, 5:08 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 3 mi NW of Wilbar
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 36.301, -81.358
Several trees down on Route 16 North.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 24, 5:17 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 3 mi NE of Boomer
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 36.101, -81.212
Several trees down on Route 18 South.
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- June 24, 5:22 PM EST to 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, Millers Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -81.230
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- June 24, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, Moravian Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -81.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 24, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 3 mi E of Elkville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -81.346
Several trees down on Route 268.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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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: 32949, 32951, 32954, 32960, 32956, 32958, 32965.