Increasing heat and humidity well in advance of an approaching cold front allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop across northwest North Carolina. A few of these storms were strong enough to knock down trees.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Increasing heat and humidity well in advance of an approaching cold front allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop across northwest North Carolina. A few of these storms were strong enough to knock down trees.
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 2, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 328 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. ANOTHER MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR LATE IN THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 PM...KFCX 88D RADAR WAS SHOWING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF THE AREA. MOST OF THESE WERE OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH OTHER ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER PARTS OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NEIGHBORING SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE CONVECTION IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND THE PROXIMITY OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CAROLINA. WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR COVERAGE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH A TREND TOWARDS DECREASING COVERAGE TOWARD SUNSET. OVERNIGHT...LOW LEVEL WINDS RETURN TO A MORE SOUTHERLY FETCH IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WE SHOULD SEE A TREND TOWARD INCREASING CLOUD COVER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION. WHILE WE ARE EXPECTING A REDEVELOPMENT OF RIVER AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG...THE TIMING OF THE ONSET SHOULD BE A LITTLE LATER AND THE REDUCTION OF VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS BAD ON AVERAGE THANKS TO WINDS BEING SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE MILD AND HUMID SIDE. LOWS AROUND 60 TO THE MID 60S ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOW TO MID 60S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. FOR THURSDAY...THE MOISTURE FETCH CONTINUES TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY FROM TWO DIRECTIONS. WE WILL HAVE ACTIVITY APPROACH AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE WEST THANKS TO THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ALSO...WE WILL BE WATCHING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA FOR THE SAME REASONS WE ARE WATCHING IT TODAY. THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE WEAKENED FRONT WILL HAVE MIGRATED FARTHER NORTH CLOSER TO THE NC/VA BORDER. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE SIMILAR TO WHAT IS PARALLEL TO AND SOUTH OF I-40 TODAY SHOULD BE OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF OUR REGION TOMORROW. THE LEAST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 460 EAST OF BEDFORD VA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH MID 80S TO AROUND 90 EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... RATHER FAST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THRU THE PERIOD WITH SUBSEQUENT PIECES OF UPPER ENERGY ZIPPING THRU MAKING FOR BETTER CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA AT TIMES. INITIAL WEAK COLD FRONT/TROF ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE ARRIVING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY BY THU NIGHT PRECEDED BY A LEFTOVER LEE TROF OVER THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. EXPECT MUCH OF THE COVERAGE WITH THE BOUNDARY TO FADE ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES EARLY THU NIGHT AND OVER THE FAR EAST DURING THE EVENING. IF THE COMPLEX OF STORMS TO THE WEST IS A BIT MORE ORGANIZED THEN COULD NEED HIGHER POPS OTRW RUNNING WITH HIGHER CHANCES WESTERN ZONES AND IN A SWATH JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. EXPECT BETTER COVERAGE FRIDAY AS WHATS LEFT OF THE BOUNDARY WASHES OUT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WHILE HEATING INTERACTS WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND LIGHT FLOW TO PRODUCE CLUSTERS/BANDS OF SLOW MOVING TSRA ESPCLY BLUE RIDGE WEST. THINK ENOUGH POTENTIAL GIVEN DECENT INSTABILITY TO ADD IN LOW LIKLEY POPS ACROSS THE SW...WITH MID TO HIGH CHANCE ELSW. THINGS BECOME A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN AS SHRA FADES WITH THIS S/W FRIDAY NIGHT AND NEXT PIECE OF FAST MOVING ENERGY WORKS TOWARD THE AREA SAT/SAT NIGHT. PWATS REMAIN JUICY BUT TIMING OF UPSTREAM FOCUS IFFY GIVEN DIFFERING MODEL SOLUTIONS AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL FRONT AND DEEP WESTERLY FLOW PROGGED OFF RAOBS. LOOKS LIKE COULD BE A DYING MCS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SAT THAT REFIRES LATER BUT EXACTLY WHERE/IF QUITE UNCERTAIN. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH MORE SCATTERED NATURE TSRA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRIDAY ACTION AND SEE WHAT LATER TRENDS REVEAL FOR SAT COVERAGE. LOOKS LIKE SOME LINGERING SHRA/TSRA INTO SAT EVENING AND THEN POSSIBLY OVER THE WEST LATE FOR ANOTHER CONVECTIVE BAND OR MCS FEATURE JUST AHEAD OF THE UPSTREAM FRONT. GIVEN FORECAST VERY WARM 85H TEMPS OF +17-19C AND WEST WIND...STAYED CLOSER TO THE WARM SIDE OF MOS WITH LOWS IN THE MUGGY 60S AND HIGHS 80S MOUNTAINS TO LOW 90S SE THRU SAT PROVIDED AT LEAST PERIODS OF SUN. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ZONAL UPPER FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE AMPLIFIED 5H TROF ACROSS THE EAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH NW FLOW ALOFT REMAINING IN PLACE THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD. A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT FOR EARLY JUNE WILL PRECEDE THE DIGGING UPPER TROF ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER MON/TUE AS HIGH PRES FROM THE NW BRINGS IN AN AIRMASS CHANGE. MOISTURE LOOKS TO REMAIN QUITE DEEP ON SUNDAY PER PWATS NEAR TWO INCHES ALTHO CONVECTIVE CHANCES OUTSIDE THE FAR WEST APPEAR LIMITED SOMEWHAT BY UNIFORM WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS COULD ALSO CAUSE THE ACTUAL FRONT TO JUMP INTO THE EASTERN LEE TROF EARLIER ON SUNDAY SIMILAR TO HPC/EC SOLUTIONS BUT WONT GO QUITE THAT FAST ATTM. THUS WILL CONTINUE DECENT CHANCE POPS SUNDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST WEST GIVEN VERY STRONG INSTABILITY OFF THE GFS DESPITE BEST DYNAMICS PASSING WELL NORTH. SOME OF THIS COULD LINGER IN THE PIEDMONT ALONG THE BOUNDARY SUNDAY EVENING AND FAR WEST WITH WESTERLY CONVERGENCE OTRW EXPECT POST FRONTAL DRYING ALOFT TO TAPER SHRA AFTER MIDNIGHT IF NOT SOONER. BREEZY AND COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED UPSLOPE -SHRA AT BEST EXTREME NW SLOPES AND MOSTLY SUNNY ELSW. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVERHEAD TUE AND THEN WEAKENS BY MID WEEK ALLOWING A MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TO DEVELOP. THIS COULD BRING BACK ISOLATED TSRA CHANCES MAINLY SW WED AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY THE WEST IF AN IMPULSE/MCS IS ABLE TO DROP IN FROM THE NW. OTRW KEEPING IT DRY FOR MON-WED WITH HIGH TEMPS COOLING FROM THE 80S/LOW 90S SUNDAY TO 70S MOUNTAINS...AND LOW/MID 80S EAST FOR MUCH OF EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MOST OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH ABOUT 03Z THIS EVENING. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION MAINLY NEAR THE NC/VA BORDER AND NORTH ALONG THE CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO NEAR KHLX. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO WANE BETWEEN 23-01Z. EXPECTING VALLEY/RIVER FOG TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS SHOULD HELP TO DELAY THE ONSET OF ANY MVFR FOG BY A FEW HOURS AS COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT AND ALSO RESULT IN FEWER AREAS WITH IFR OR LOWER VSBY RESTRICTIONS. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO WV OVERNIGHT. ISOALTED CONVECTION IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL BE NEAR A KBLF- KLWB LINE TOWARDS 10Z AND MORE LIKELY AT OR A LITTLE EAST OF THAT LINE BY 15Z THURSDAY. FOR NOW...HAVE NOT INCLUDED MENTION OF ANY SHRA/TSRA IN EITHER THE KBLF OR KLWB TAF BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE. SHRA/TSRA WITH LOCALIZED MVFR CIGS/VSBYS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. WEATHER STAYS UNSETTLED WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY...AND HIT AND MISS SHRA/TSRA BEFORE IT ON SATURDAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/PM NEAR TERM...DS SHORT TERM...JH LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...DS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 525 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-030930- 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- 525 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
158 PM EDT WED JUN 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW SCOTTSBURG 36.78N 78.81W
05/28/2010 HALIFAX VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BETHEL ROAD AND JAMES
D. HAGOOD HIGHWAY.
&&
PHYSELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
159 PM EDT WED JUN 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N HITESBURG 36.66N 78.72W
05/28/2010 HALIFAX VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF AARONS CREEK ROAD AND
BILL TUCK HIGHWAY.
&&
PHYSELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
251 PM EDT WED JUN 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 ENE PILOT 37.08N 80.31W
05/28/2010 MONTGOMERY VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FLASH FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 609 RESULTING IN ROAD CLOSURE.
&&
HYSELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
501 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
NCZ004-022200-
STOKES NC-
501 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STOKES COUNTY...
AT 459 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
FRANCISCO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM
THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VADE MECUM AROUND 520 PM...LAWSONVILLE...AND
LAWSONVILLE AROUND 525 PM...CAPELLA AROUND 530 PM...HANGING ROCK
STATE PARK AROUND 540 PM...DANBURY AROUND 550 PM AND PRESTONVILLE
AROUND 555 PM.
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UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3643 8044 3655 8044 3655 8012 3634 8003
3627 8033
RBThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported blown down on Highway 89. Damage amounts are estimated.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of goose road and ellisboro road. Damage amounts are estimated.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Shelton road and Ellisboro Road. Damage amounts are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2010
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: 238946, 238949, 238950.