A period of below normal rainfall towards the end of May into early June across Virginia, allowed drought conditions by the middle of June to worsen to the Severe (D2) category in those areas along the North Carolina border west of Danville.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A period of below normal rainfall towards the end of May into early June across Virginia, allowed drought conditions by the middle of June to worsen to the Severe (D2) category in those areas along the North Carolina border west of Danville.
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 10, 5:52 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 652 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THEN STALL ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER TODAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WATER VAPOR SHOWS A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE LIFTING NE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING. ONGOING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ERN TN/KY AND INTO OHIO LOOKS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRANCE REGION OF A STRONG UPPER JET. THESE STRONGER DYNAMICS LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA LATER TODAY...BUT THE FORECAST AREA WILL STILL BE IN THE REGION OF PVA AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE...AND WITH HEATING OF THE AIRMASS IN PLACE WE SHOULD BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES NEAR 2000 J/KG. SHEAR IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...BUT PROBABLY STRONG ENOUGH FOR FOR MULTICELL STORMS. SPC HAS THE ENTIRE CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE TSTMS. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM ARE INDICATING A LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE MTNS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN POSSIBLY INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE INTO A LEE TROUGH IN THE FOOTHILLS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAVE TRIED TO FOLLOW THIS SCENARIO CLOSELY IN THE WEATHER GRIDS. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY EXPECTED...AND A POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING STORMS I HAVE INCLUDED GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEATHER GRIDS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MTNS AND LATE AFT EARLY EVENING IN THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT. I USED THE MAV MOS HIGHS WHICH HAVE DONE BETTER WITH THIS AIRMASS- JUST CUT THEM MOST LOCATIONS BY A DEGREE OR TWO SINCE I AM EXPECTING MORE CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE WILL REACH ANY OF OUR HIGH TEMP RECORDS TODAY. PRECIP SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF THE MTNS BY EARLY EVENING...BUT MAY LINGER LONGER IN THE PIEDMONT. I HAVE KEPT CHC POPS THRU MIDNIGHT IN THE PIEDMONT- MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IF THE EXPECTED LINE OF CONVECTION STALLS. I STAYED CLOSE TO MAV MOS FOR LOWS TONIGHT WITH THE SRN CWA REMAINING QUITE MILD BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MODELS SHOW THE WEAK COLD FNT STALLS ACROSS NC WEDNESDAY...WITH NW NC AND VA BORDER BECOMING UNSTABLE IN THE AFT WITH AN UPSLOPE SE FLOW. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE SINCE THE RIDGE IS SO STRONG THE SHORT WAVE MOVG OVER THE RIDGE LIFTS INTO SERN CANADA. BECAUSE OF THIS...I HAVE INCREASED THE LIKELY POPS IN THE FAR SW ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. IT IS HARD TO SEE SUCH A MOIST SERLY FLOW NOT PRODUCING UPSLOPE SHOWERS/TSTMS. LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES DEEP SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY AND CONTINUES VERY MOIST...BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE THE MODELS IN HOW FAR NORTH IT GETS. HAVE KEPT THE CHC POPS THAT WE HAD GOING...JUST RAISED THEM TO AROUND 50 PCT IN THE SW ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A WET COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THAT AREA...AND THEY COULD USE THE RAINFALL. WILL BE A COOLER PERIOD WITH MORE CLOUD COVER- STAYED CLOSE TO THE MOS GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MILD. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE LOOKS TO REESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE REGION. A SURFACE REFLECTION/LEE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EAST. WITH A BOUNDARY IN THE REGION...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. 850 MB TEMPERATURES RUNNING +18C WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL BY 5-8F. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS INFLUENCE ON THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY. ONCE FRONT PASSES...COOLER DRIER WEATHER WITH LESS HUMIDITY WILL ENCOMPASS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES...THEN THEY WILL FALL BACK TO SEASONABLE LEVELS. && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ANY LINGERING MVFR FOG OR HAZE SHOULD LIFT BY 13Z. WILL HAVE VFR CONDITIONS INTO AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO NEAR 10 KNOTS. AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MTNS...SO I HAVE INCLUDED A TWO HOUR PERIOD AT BOTH BLF AND LWB FOR WHEN THEIR CHANCES ARE THE HIGHEST TO SEE A TSTM. I HAVE KEPT THEM MVFR WITH THE TSTMS...THOUGH BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST...STORMS MAY BE MORE SCATTERED...SO I HAVE JUST PUT IN VICINITY TSTMS...BUT WITH TEMPO GROUPS FOR SHOWERS AND MVFR VSBY AT BOTH ROA AND LYH. CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE WEAK FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA AROUND DANVILLE LAST- I KEPT THE VICINITY TSTM THERE UNTIL 02Z. NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THIS FRONT IS WEAK...SO IF WE GET MUCH RAINFALL AND SKIES CLEAR AS EXPECTED...WOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR FOG. I HAVE ADDED IN MVFR FOG TO LYH AND DAN...AND BROUGHT IN A PERIOD OF IFR FOG TO LWB TOWARD MORNING. THE WEAK FRONT WILL STALL OVER NC WED AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT. THESE STORMS MAY AFFECT THE AREA AIRPORTS LATE WED AFT INTO WED EVENING. BLF AND DAN HAVE THE BEST CHC TO SEE STORMS WED. THE FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD THU AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT BRINGING A CHC TO ALL OF THE AREA AIRPORTS. THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WILL FEATURE A RETURN TO HIGH PRESSURE...WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS...EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HIGHEST CHCS IN THE MTNS. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JJ NEAR TERM...JJ SHORT TERM...JJ/RCS LONG TERM...RCS AVIATION...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 VAZ007-009>011-018>020-WVZ042>045-110900- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THEM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ012>017-022>024-032>035-110900- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST- 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THEM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-110900- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 443 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THEM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought conditions worsened from Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) on June 10th across the southern half of the county. This category of drought continued through the end of the month.
Drought conditions worsened from Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) on June 10th across the southern half of the county. This category of drought continued through the end of the month.
Drought conditions worsened from Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) on June 10th across the southern half of the county. This category of drought continued through the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2008
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: 99124, 99125, 99126.