Low level boundaries, an unstable airmass, and an upper level disturbance provided the trigger for a thunderstorm to become severe over Stokes County, NC, during the afternoon of June 3. This storm brought penny sized hail and damaging winds.
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Low level boundaries, an unstable airmass, and an upper level disturbance provided the trigger for a thunderstorm to become severe over Stokes County, NC, during the afternoon of June 3. This storm brought penny sized hail and damaging winds.
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 3, 2:41 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 341 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF OF THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE ALOFT WAS OBSERVED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING ACROSS OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...AND MUCH OF VIRGINIA WITH THE REMNANTS OF AN MCS. ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM ACROSS SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST...AND COULD AFFECT AREAS ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY COINCIDES WITH A 90KT JET AT 250MB DIVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES...AND RELATIVELY COOL AIR AT 700MB AS MORE MOIST AND WARMER AIR AT 850MB ADVECTS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. GOOD LIFT SHOULD CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED NORTH. IN SOUTHERN ZONES...THE 700MB CAP IS A LITTLE STRONGER...WHICH SHOULD YIELD LESS COVERAGE BUT STRONGER CELLS FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN DEVELOP. ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH...LIFT AGAIN INCREASES PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY...THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA IS FORECAST BY SPC TO BE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WHICH SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE GIVEN THE INSTABILITY FORECAST BY THE GFS...UP TO 2000J/KG ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOWER VALUES IN THE PIEDMONT. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND NORTHWEST... MORE SCATTERED IN MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT...BEFORE DIURNAL COOLING AND THE BEGINNING OF RIDGING BUILDING NORTH RESULTS IN DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AS INSTABILITY FALLS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... ONCE THE INSTABILITY WANES OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AS RIDGING STARTS TO BUILD IN...CHANCES FOR MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH. GENERAL SUBSIDENCE BECOMES FAIRLY STRONG FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WITH A 5920M 500MB HIGH BASICALLY DIRECTLY OVERHEAD BY 12Z FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED FRIDAY...BUT THE MAIN STORY WILL BE WARMING TEMPERATURES. HIGHS BOTH DAYS IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT SHOULD BE AT OR NEAR 95 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES SHOULD AT LEAST BE IN THE UPPER 90S IN THE WARMER EAST AND SOUTHEAST ZONES...AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH DEW POINTS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS HEAT INDICES COULD END UP BEING JUST A BIT HIGHER. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AFTER A WARM START TO THE WEEKEND...RIDGING ALOFT GRADUALLY MOVES EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN GRADUALLY LOWERING THICKNESSES...MAKING MAXES LOWER THAN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO SATURDAY. STILL...THE RIDGE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP LOW PRESSURE AND ANY STRONG FRONT AT BAY...WITH AT MOST CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD AND PARTICULARLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST...BUT WEAKENS AS IT HITS THE STRONG MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE. FOR NOW...JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SEVENTH DAY SEEMS PRUDENT. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW PUSHING FROM KY INTO WV AND WRN VA HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND THE LAST FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ALL TAF SITES STAND A CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND A VCTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PREVAILING GROUP. OVERALL CIGS SHOULD DROP TO MVFR WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY... ALTHOUGH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS LASTING LESS THAN A HALF HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES AS THIS AREA OF SHOWERS/STORMS PASSES BY. WE SHOULD SEE AN END TO PRIMARY PRECIP CHANCES THIS EVENING BASED ON CURRENT TIMING AND EXTRAPOLATION OF MCC. FORECAST SOUNDINGS GENERALLY SUPPORT CIGS LOWERING TO MVFR OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO STAY UP ABOVE 6 KTS OVERNIGHT...WE SHOULD NOT SEE TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF FOG...MVFR AT WORST. AN OVERNIGHT MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EITHER OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE TAF SITES APPEARS LIKELY AS WE SIT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE WITH A 45 KT LOW LEVEL JET NOSING IN FROM THE WEST. LATER TAFS MAY NEED TO REFLECT THIS CHANCE IF IT MATERIALIZES. THE COLUMN DRIES SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...SO EXPECT A TREND UP TO VFR CONDITIONS BY 12-14Z WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF SOMEWHAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNDER VERY WARM HIGH PRESSURE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DJF NEAR TERM...DJF SHORT TERM...DJF LONG TERM...DJF/BLAES AVIATION...GIH/DJF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-041200- 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- 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 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 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE STRONG LATER WEDNESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ESPECIALLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. ANYONE WHO WILL BE OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FROM THE HEAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DJF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 155 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NCZ003-004-VAZ032-031845- PATRICK-STOKES-SURRY- 155 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SURRY...STOKES AND PATRICK COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 153 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PINNACLE AND FANCISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAPELLA...VADE MECUM...FRANCISCO...DANBURY...AND...COLLINSTOWN...LAWSONVILLE... AND...COLLINSTOWN...SANDY RIDGE. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND AWNINGS COULD BE TOSSED AROUND. BLAES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 224 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NCZ003-019-020-031915- SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN- 224 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WILKES... SURRY...YADKIN AND SOUTHERN SURRY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 222 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WINDY GAP AND ALONG THE WILKES...ALEXANDER COUNTY LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RONDA...SWANCREEK... ARLINGTON...BURCH...CRUTCHFIELD...ROCKFORD. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BLAES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 334 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NCZ003-004-032015- STOKES-SURRY- 334 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SURRY AND STOKES COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 334 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LEVEL CROSS...OR ABOUT OVER DOBSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARARAT...PILOT MOUNTAIN...PINNACLE...CAPELLA...AND...VADE MECUM. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. JFB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was blown down on Main Street in Danbury. Damage values are estimated.
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