Thunderstorms formed in the advance of an approaching cold front. Some of these storms produced very heavy rain that helped prompt flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms formed in the advance of an approaching cold front. Some of these storms produced very heavy rain that helped prompt flash flooding.
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 14, 1:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR ARRIVES SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT SET TO SLIDE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CONVECTION ALONG PRE-FRONTAL TROF WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING. MODIFIED GSO SOUNDING INDICATES CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG ...SO POTENTIAL FOR SVR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. PW EXPECTED TO REACH 1.5 INCHES THIS EVENING AND WITH WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT...THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED FLOODING ALSO EXISTS. WITH MOST UNSTABLE AIR EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ANTICIPATE ERUPTION OF STORMS TO BEGIN IN THIS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 12Z LOCAL WRF MODEL HAS A GOOD HANDLE WITH THE EVOLUTION OF STORMS SO FAR...AND ITS SOLUTION SUGGESTS PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA PAST MIDNIGHT...WHICH MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING SHORTWAVE ACROSS EAST OHIO WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND UPPER ENERGY LINGERS IN TENNESSEE PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. FOR TEMPS...EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT TO BE WARMER THAN GUIDANCE VALUES...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE CLOUDS WILL LINGER. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVING TO OUR NORTH...SHOULD PUSH SFC FRONT EAST AND SOUTH OF OUR AREA...BUT KEPT LINGERING SHRA EARLY IN THE SOUTHEAST. OTHERWISE...WEAK SUBSIDENCE WILL OCCUR SUNDAY...AND WITH 85H THERMAL RIDGE STILL OVERHEAD...BUMPED UP HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO TOMORROW. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN TO AN EASTERN TROF WILL BEGIN TO TRANSPIRE ON MONDAY...AND A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST PUSH THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODEL TRENDS HAVE BEEN SLOWER WITH THE TIMING OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...BUT WILL STILL ADD POPS TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS CAPES ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED 2000 J/KG AND A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BIG QUESTION WILL BE IF DEEPER MOISTURE WILL RETURN BEFORE FRONT ARRIVES...AND GFS/NAM SUGGEST THETA-E RIDGE WILL ADVANCE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MONDAY AFTERNOON....WHICH FIGURED INTO THE DECISION TO ADD PRECIP IN THE EAST. AGAIN...WILL GO ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPS MONDAY WITH INCREASING 1000-850MB THICKNESSES. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION...AND WENT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT OUR REGION WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WEAKENING 5H UPPER LOW ACROSS SE CANADA. 06Z GFS INDICATES A HIGHER AMPLITUDE PATTERN WITH A DEEPER 5H UPPER LOW COMPARED TO THE 00Z ECMWF AND CANADIAN RUNS...SO LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLUTION FOR THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. WITH LOW LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW AND WEAK SHORTWAVES RIDING AROUND UPPER LOW...CANT RULE OUT AFTERNOON WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM WED-SAT AFTERNOONS...BUT EXACT TIMING AND LOCATION UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD ARE ANTICIPATED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE 40S POSSIBLE IN THE SOME VALLEYS. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... NUMEROUS SHOWERS/SCT TSTMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA INTO EARLY EVENING. HAVE TRIED TO TIME EACH TAF SITE FOR THE PERIOD WHEN THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE A TSTM WITH A TEMPO GROUP. SHOULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY BRING IFR CONDITIONS...BUT HAVE MOSTLY STAYED MVFR/BORDERLINE IFR WITH VSBYS. MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE EAST OF LYH DANVILLE BY 00Z. WEAK FLOW BEHIND THIS FRONT MEANS THAT WE WILL LIKELY SEE FOG DEVELOPING IF WE HAVE AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING. IS A GOOD PATTERN FOR LIFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH BLF AND LWB...SO I HAVE BROUGHT THEM BOTH DOWN LATE TONIGHT. LYH AND DANVILLE MAY ALSO SEE LIFR CONDITIONS. I EXPECT ALL SITES TO IMPROVE TO VFR IN THE 13 TO 15Z TIME FRAME WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN ON A NWRLY FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE VFR CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERIOD OF FOG LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT ARRIVES WITH POSSIBLY OF MORE SHOWERS OR STORMS LATE MONDAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW INTO THE REGION. EXCEPTION MAY BE BLF AND LW...WHERE PASSING SHOWERS COULD BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PH NEAR TERM...JJ SHORT TERM...JJ/PH LONG TERM...PH AVIATION...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 644 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-151045- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 644 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-151045- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 644 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 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 A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred along the Little Thorn Branch Creek. The creek left its banks and water flowed over Sheffey Town Road. Debris from the flash flooding also covered the road.
Heavy rain totaling nearly two inches resulted in flash flooding along Highway 60 in the vicinity of the Maury River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 108714, 108721.