Scattered storms developed during the afternoon heating of the day. A few of these storms produced damaging winds, and one produced large hail.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Scattered storms developed during the afternoon heating of the day. A few of these storms produced damaging winds, and one produced large hail. One slow moving storm also caused isolated 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 10, 2:23 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 323 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND WORK EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE SUNDAY. A MORE COMFORTABLE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE RECLAIMS THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISOLATED TO SCT TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE MTNS ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS FROM SE WV AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...SOUTHWARD TO THE NW NC MTNS. THERE IS MORE OF A UNIFORM STORM MOTION TODAY...GENERALLY TO THE EAST. CAPES ARE NOT QUITE AS HIGH TODAY AS YESTERDAY...BUT STILL AROUND 200 J/KG WITH MORE HEATING TO GO. WITH MODELS SHOWING WEAK MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND INTO THE PIEDMONT...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE TSTMS IN THE MTNS WILL MOVE OFF INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL TSTMS MAY MOVE INTO THE MTNS LATER THIS EVENING FROM MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION ACROSS KY AND WV CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. HAVE MAINTAINED MOSTLY CHC POPS FOR SCT TSTMS THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIKELY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM 400 PM TO 600 PM. WITH THE MODERATE TO HIGH INSTABILITY...ISOLATED STORMS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH PWATS OF 1.3 T0 1.5 INCHES...LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM AND MUGGY- RANGING THROUGH THE 60S. SATURDAY...A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVG THRU THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL FINISH BREAKING DOWN THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA...WITH A SFC COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY LATE IN THE DAY. THINK THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF HEATING TO PRODUCE MODERATE INSTABILITY...AND MORE SHEAR ON SATURDAY FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS- LINES OR MULTICELL CLUSTERS. COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE GREATER...BUT TIMING IS STILL AN ISSUE. WILL IT BE AFTERNOON OR MORE INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT? SO...HAVE KEPT POPS CHC FOR NOW SAT AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL...BUT LIKELY CUT BACK A DEGREE OR TWO FROM TODAY/S HIGHS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT TO THE NW WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SLOWLY TOWARD THE REGION SAT NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER TROF SAGGING INTO THE NRN GREAT LAKES. LOCATIONS OF CONVECTION STILL REMAINS HARD TO PIN DOWN SAT EVENING AS EXPECT THERE MAY BE AN AXIS ACROSS THE EAST THAT PUSHED OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND ANOTHER ACROSS THE NW JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT EARLY ON. FADING OVERNIGHT INSTABILITY SUPPORTS ONLY KEEPING POPS OUTSIDE OF THE FAR NW...BASICALLY SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS WITH HIGH CHANCE...CLOSE TO LOW LIKELYS NW THRU AROUND MIDNIGHT. FRONT SHOULD MOVE FAR ENOUGH SE TO BISECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH DRIER AIR STARTING TO SPILL INTO THE WEST WHILE THE EAST REMAINS RATHER MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH THE FRONT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. MODELS LOOK CLOSE WITH OVERALL TIMING KEEPING BEST COVERAGE IN THE PIEDMONT AS CONVECTION REDEVELOPS AND THEN PUSHES SE LATER IN THE DAY. MAY AGAIN NEED LIKELY POPS SE LATER SUNDAY BUT WILL STICK WITH GOING CHANCE FOR NOW GIVEN DECENT DOWNSLOPE TRAJECTORY. TEMPS AGAIN WARM/MUGGY SAT NIGHT WITH 60S TO AROUND 70 FOR LOWS THEN QUITE WARM SUNDAY UNDER WEST WIND ALOFT ALLOWING SOME LOW 90S SE AND 80S ELSW. COLD FRONT PUSHES TO THE SE BY MONDAY WITH A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS SPILLING IN UNDER THE PASSING UPPER TROF AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BRIDGING IN FROM THE NORTH. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FADING MCS TO AFFECT THE FAR WEST LATER MONDAY OTRW THINKING TOO MUCH DRY AIR FOR MUCH MORE THAN DEBRIS CLOUDS AT THIS POINT. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR MONDAY NIGHT AND WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER TEMPS ALOFT OVERTOP LIGHT WINDS EXPECT A VERY COOL OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S EXCEPT SOME 40S POSSIBLE VALLEYS PENDING DEGREE OF FOG LATE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER TROF WILL PASS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TUESDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES BEFORE SLIDING SE TO NEAR THE OUTER BANKS EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERING FROM NORTH TO EASTERLY AROUND THE RIDGE SHOULD KEEP ONGOING DRY AIR AND LOW PWATS IN PLACE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT SO KEEPING THINGS DRY EARLY ON. 5H RIDGING FOLLOWS IN BRIEFLY ON WED BEHIND THE PASSING TROF AND THE NEXT FRONT/ASSOCIATED UPPER LOW APPROACHING FROM THE MIDWEST WED NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. RETURN OF WARM ADVECTION AND MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LIKELY TO BRING A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE CHANCES WITH HEATING ESPCLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS WED AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE LATEST ECMWF A BIT SLOWER AND SUPPORTED BY THE CAPPED NATURE OF THE GFS RAOBS SO LIMITING POPS TO JUST THE FAR SW WHERE MAY BE AIDED BY DIFFERENTIAL HEATING A BIT OTRW PC TO MOSTLY SUNNY WED. COLD FRONT LOOKS TO SAG SE TOWARD THE AREA THURSDAY AND WILL LIKELY SLOW OR STALL ACROSS THE EAST FRIDAY AS THE UPPER SUPPORT LIFTS OUT TO THE NE. MOISTURE AGAIN LOOKS PLENTIFUL BY LATER THU AND EXPECT WITH HEATING TO SEE BETTER SHRA COVERAGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH DECENT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA INTO THU NIGHT. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY TO WHERE THE BOUNDARY MAY BE FRIDAY...LEAVING IN SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS WITH BEST FOCUS BLUE RIDGE AND POINTS EAST. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY WARM FROM THE COOLER/DRIER VALUES OF EARLY NEXT WEEK TO NEAR NORMAL LATER AS THE HIGH MOVES OUT AND SW FLOW REDEVELOPS. HOWEVER NO BIG RUN OF HEAT AS HIGHS REMAIN IN THE UPR 70S/LOW 80S WEST TO MID OR UPPER 80S. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MTNS...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL MORE ORGANIZED STORMS MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE MTNS LATER IN THE EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THUS...ALL OF THE BLACKSBURG TAF SITES WILL HAVE A THREAT OF A THUNDERSTORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SINCE THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SCATTERED...HAVE JUST PUT IN VICINITY TSTMS TOO ALL OF THE SITES FOR THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD THAT TSTMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF EACH AIRPORT. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL AMEND TAFS IF/WHEN IF APPEARS LIKELY AN AIRPORT WILL BE HIT BY A TSTM. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY DIURNAL- EXCEPTION MAY BE SE WV SITES CLOSER TO THE FRONT. LOCAL MVFR/POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE. IN ANY EVENT...COVERAGE SHOULD BE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS SKIES CLEAR...WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...MVFR FOG IS LIKELY ALL SITES...AND A FEW MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL WEAKEN INTO SATURDAY...WITH WINDS ALOFT BECOMING MORE ZONAL...FEATURING WEST TO EAST MOVING CLOUD ELEMENTS FOR THE WEEKEND. WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING AND LOSS OF SUBSIDENCE...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SAT AFT INTO SAT NIGHT. THE WEAK COOL FRONT THAT COMES THROUGH ON SUNDAY AND SHOULD TURN THE WIND FLOW MORE NORTHERLY FOR MONDAY ALONG WITH SOME DRYING. AS SUCH...SHOULD SEE A LULL IN SHRA/TSTM ACTIVITY FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY...JUNE 10 ROANOKE 96 IN 1914 LYNCHBURG 98 IN 1914 DANVILLE 99 IN 1963 BLUEFIELD 89 IN 1999 BLACKSBURG 90 IN 1999 && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PM NEAR TERM...JJ SHORT TERM...JH LONG TERM...JH AVIATION...JJ/PM CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 317 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-111930- 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- 317 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 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. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR. SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY ALSO RESULT IN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATER PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP IF STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
NCZ001-102015-
ASHE NC-
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ASHE COUNTY...
AT 311 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JEFFERSON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WAGONER AROUND 325 PM...GLENDALE SPRINGS
AROUND 335 PM AND LAUREL SPRINGS AROUND 345 PM.
LAT...LON 3653 8145 3645 8127 3640 8126 3640 8125
3636 8129 3637 8132 3636 8137 3631 8136
3628 8139 3629 8142 3641 8159PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CLIFTON FORGE CITY 37.80N 79.85W
06/10/2011 ALLEGHANY VA POST OFFICE
SEVERAL 4 IN DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
EHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CLIFTON FORGE CITY 37.80N 79.85W
06/10/2011 ALLEGHANY VA POST OFFICE
SEVERAL 4 IN DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
EHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 338 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 VAZ033-102015- FRANKLIN VA- 338 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 336 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FERRUM... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL STAY OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. LAT...LON 3689 7994 3685 7999 3689 8005 3693 8000
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
NCZ001-018-102045-
ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-
351 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ASHE AND WATAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 349 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF DEEP GAP TO BLOWING ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK AROUND 400 PM...
MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK AROUND 405 PM...BLOWING ROCK AROUND 425 PM
AND DEEP GAP AROUND 430 PM.
LAT...LON 3629 8163 3640 8159 3630 8141 3628 8141
3626 8144 3626 8146 3624 8147 3620 8146
3611 8158 3612 8171 3611 8171 3613 8183SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
352 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
NCZ001-002-019-102100-
ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-WILKES NC-
352 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...ASHE AND WILKES
COUNTIES...
AT 349 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF SPARTA TO DEEP GAP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR MC GRADY AROUND 425 PM...STONE MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK AROUND 430 PM...CASCADE FALLS AROUND 435 PM...SUMMIT
AROUND 440 PM...WILBAR AROUND 455 PM AND HALLS MILLS AROUND 500 PM.
LAT...LON 3624 8147 3628 8155 3628 8157 3634 8163
3651 8103 3642 8095 3640 8097 3637 8092
3620 8146The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew large limbs down in Fleetwood. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew one tree down on power lines along Muse Avenue. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew one tree down on Airview Drive. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew one tree down near the intersection of Linville and Stanley Roads. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a trees down between White Road and Charleston Court. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down along Newsome Road. Damage values are estimated.
Flowing water eight to ten inches deep was flowing across Snowhill Drive, resulting in its closure. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down near the intersection of Highway 135 and Leprechaun Lane. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down along Highway 311. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down along Harrington Highway. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2011
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: 323855, 323856, 323858, 323857, 323859, 323860, 323861, 323862, 323863, 323864, 323868, 323865, 323866, 323867.