Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and hail up to the size of quarters across portions of southwest Virginia.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and hail up to the size of quarters across portions of southwest Virginia.
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 8, 2:14 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 314 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... ISOLATED TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LINE OF TSTMS IN KY/TN. SO FAR...THESE ISOLATED TSTMS HAVE NOT TAKEN OFF AND COVERAGE MAY REMAIN SCATTERED AT BEST. THE LINE OF TSTMS HAS ACCELERATED MUCH FASTER THAN 12Z MODELS PROGGED...AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY MOVE INTO FAR WRN SECTIONS AROUND 600 PM. WITH IT MOVING IN THAT EARLY...WE WILL BE NEAR THE PEAK HTG AND THE LINE SHOULD MAKE IT AT LEAST INTO THE REST OF THE MTNS...SO WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE FAR WEST OF HIGH LIKELY/LOW CATEGORICAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT... TAPERING DOWN SHARPLY INTO LOW CHC OR SLIGHT CHC IN THE PIEDMONT. SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD THEN BE TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOSS OF HTG AND INSTABILITY. WILL BE ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT WITH THE DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT NOT MOVING IN UNTIL SATURDAY...SO WILL HAVE WARM LOWS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND POPS FOR SATURDAY. WEST FLOW IN THE WEST WILL HOLD CLOUDS IN THE WESTERN UPSLOPE AREAS. COOLER AIR AT THE MID LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO CREATE SOME CONVECTION. HIGHEST CHANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CWA. ELECTED TO PUSH SLIGHT CHANCE BACK TO BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. BY LATER SATURDAY NIGHT...MOST CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE...LEAVING THE AREA WITH SUNSHINE AND WARM END OF THE WEEKEND...WITH LESS HUMID AIR IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AN OMEGA BLOCK PROGGED TO DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND SECOND OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. STALLED FRONTAL BNDRY WILL LINGER NEAR THE GULF COAST WITH EASTERLY FLOW TO ITS NORTH ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. FOR MEDIUM RANGE FOLLOWED HPCGUIDE WHICH WAS A BLEND ECMWF AND NCEP ENS MEAN. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WILL HAVE ENOUGH HEATING THIS AFTERNOON FOR ISOLD TO SCT TSTMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...AND INTO EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON FRIDAY WITH ORGANIZED CONVECTION AHEAD OF IT THAT MAY MOVE INTO BLF AND LWB FRIDAY EVENING. I HAVE COVERED THE ISOLD-SCT LATE AFT/EARLY EVE BY ADDING A PERIOD OF PREVAILING AT BLF AND LWB WHERE THERE WILL BE BETTER COVERAGE...AND THEN JUST ADDING APERIOD WITH VCNTY TSTMS AT ROA...LYH AND DAN. ANY TSTMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG...AND MAY BRING WIND GUSTS >40 MPH AND/OR HAIL. AT THIS TIME...I HAVE NOT PUT IN ANYTHING FOR A POSSIBLE LINE MAKING IT INTO THE BLF AND LWB AREAS AS ALL MODELS WEAKEN THE LINE BEFORE IT GETS THAT FAR EAST. WITH A NW FLOW AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...LWB AND ESPECIALLY BLF ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR OVERNIGHT. LOWER CEILINGS COULD LAST INTO THE MORNING IN SE WV. THE DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT IS SLOW TO CLEAR OUT THE PIEDMONT AREAS SATURDAY...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR POP- UP TSTORMS AT ROA...LYH AND ESPECIALLY DAN. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE REGION FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL DURING THE DAY. && .CLIMATE... BLUEFIELD REACHED 88 DEGREES...AND BROKE THEIR RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 86 SET IN 1984 BLUEFIELD AND DANVILLE WILL LIKELY KEEP THEIR HIGH MINIMUMS TEMPERATURE RECORDS FROM OVERNIGHT AS THEY WILL PROBABLY NOT DROP BELOW 71 BEFORE MIDNIGHT UNLESS A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN DOES IT. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JJ/KK/KM NEAR TERM...JJ SHORT TERM...KK LONG TERM...KK AVIATION...JJ CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1242 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 VAZ007-009-WVZ042-043-045-091645- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 1242 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. MEANWHILE...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WILL APPROACH THE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING TODAY. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY EARLY EVENING. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-091645- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE- 1242 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY EARLY EVENING. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-091645- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1242 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL BE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY PUSH JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 VAZ016-032-082045- PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA- 346 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST CARROLL AND PATRICK COUNTIES... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARARAT...OR ABOUT OVER GROUNDHOG MOUNTAIN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF STUART...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BRING RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THOSE AREAS NEAR ARARAT AND STUART ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. PH
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down on Peters Creek Road.
Power lines and a large tree were blown down in Ashwood.
Large trees blown down from West Lake to Burnt Chimney.
A large tree was blown down.
A large tree was blown down.
Trees down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2007
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: 27193, 27194, 27195, 27197, 27196, 27202, 27198, 27199, 27200, 27201.