Thunderstorms developed in a region of high instability across north central North Carolina. Some of the storms reached severe levels and produced damaging winds.
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.
Thunderstorms developed in a region of high instability across north central North Carolina. Some of the storms reached severe levels and produced 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 27, 5:06 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 606 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM WISCONSIN TO KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WARM MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILL COUNTIES...FROM FLOYD COUNTY SOUTH INTO WILKES COUNTY...ALLOWING FOR A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND FADE. ATTENTION SHIFTS TO THE WEST AS A LINE OF CONVECTION COMING ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE AT 600 PM WILL ENTER SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AROUND 800 PM. THROUGH 700 PM...HIGHEST POPS IN THE FOOTHILLS THEN 800 PM TOWARD TAZEWELL. CHANCEY POPS SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE WEST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THIS LINE MOVES EASTWARD. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...WARM MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLOODS THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S TO L70S CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THIS MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND LIFT FROM APPROACHING FRONT AND OTHER VARIOUS THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS. FOR THIS EVENING...GREATEST THREAT FOR SHOWERS APPEARS TO BE THE SOUTHERN CWA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE VA/NC BORDER... WHERE HIGHER CAPE WILL FEED THUNDERSTORMS THAT GET INITIATED VCNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND POTENTIAL INTERACTION WITH ANY NORTHWEST MOVING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW FROM TSTMS OVER CENTRAL NC. ASIDE FROM THESE LIFTING MECHANISMS...WILL HAVE TO AWAIT LATE NIGHT LIFT FROM OUTFLOW WHICH WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST FROM ONGOING STORMS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. THE LOCAL WRF BRINGS THIS FEATURE OVER THE MTNS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3AM. AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE DAY TUESDAY...CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT...ALONG WITH TERRAIN INDUCED LIFT COUPLED WITH THE AFTERNOON HEATING WILL AGAIN FIRE MORE DEEP CONVECTION...ALL CULMINATING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE IN THE DAY. UNTIL FROPA...ENTIRE FCST AREA WILL BE SUBJECT TO A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AT SOME POINT IN TIME...A MATTER OF WHEN AS OPPOSED TO IF. FOLLOWED WARMER GUIDANCE FOR TONIGHTS TEMPS PER ELEVATED DEWPOINTS. USED A NAM/GFS BLEND FOR TMAX TUESDAY. MODEL POPS ARE HIGH...SUGGESTING 80 PERCENT OF THE AREA TO GET AT LEAST A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. 12 HOUR TIME STEPS CUT THIS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 60...AND GENERALLY 40 PERCENT OR LESS DURING ANY 6HOUR BLOCK OF TIME. IF I HAD TO PUT ALL OF MY EGGS IN A BASKET...I WOULD SAY LOOK OUT FOR A NOCTURNAL MCS TO PROVIDE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR QPF. IF FEATURE MATERIALIZES AND COMES THROUGH AS FCST BY THE LOCAL WRF MODEL...THEN SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR THE HIGHEST POPS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A WEST WIND IN ITS WAKE FOR TUESDAY WHICH WOULD ROB CONVERGENCE AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL SYNOPTIC FRONT. ONLY TIME WILL TELL. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT WITH A BROAD BRUSH. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MUCH OF THE PRECIP ENDED BY 12Z/8A WED. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WITH HIGH PRESSURE THEN REMAINS FOR THE REST OF THIS PERIOD WITH MORE COMFORTABLE HIGH AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. THE CENTER OF THE CLOSED UPPER HIGH PRODUCING 100F MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE FROM THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS TO KMCO BY 8PM FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CLOSED LOW DIVING INTO KSFO AND CLOSED LOW MOVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND WILL ALLOW THE UPPER RIDGE TO EXPAND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. INITIALLY...LLVL MOISTURE AND DEWPOINTS PROBABLY WONT BE SUFFICIENT FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. PWATS WILL INCREASE AS A WEAK BOUNDARY FROM WEST TO EAST DROPS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER SUNDAY...SO THE END OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK STAND THE CHANCE FOR WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY BUT SUNDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ALSO BE AROUND 90 TO THE UPPER 90S IF THE OHIO VALLEY BOUNDARY IS DELAYED. && .AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WILL BE FOUND MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE VA/NC BORDER THIS EVENING. OTHER ISOLATED BUILDUPS AND SHRA WILL OCCUR ALONG THE VA BLUE RIDGE. ASIDE FROM THE ISOLD TO SCT DEEP CONVECTION...CONDITIONS TO REMAIN VFR THROUGH 02 UTC/10 PM THIS EVENING. MCS OVER KY MAY GENERATE A SOLID LINE OF SHRA/TSRA THAT WOULD CROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE LOCAL WRF MODEL IS FORECASTING THIS...BUT STILL NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ADD TO THE TAFS JUST YET. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FEATURE AND ADD TO THE 00 UTC TAF RELEASE IF WARRANTED. NOT CONFIDENT ON VSBY FCST TONIGHT. CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM APPROACHING MCS MAY MITIGATE FOG FORMATION...BUT WILL GO WITH PERSISTENCE FROM THE LAST FEW NIGHTS AND FCST 3-5SM...BUT MAINLY 09-12 UTC TIME FRAME. IF THERE IS ANY IFR RIVER FOG IT WOULD BE MAINLY CONFINED TO LWB...POSSIBLY BCB IF SKIES REMAIN CLEAR AND THE WINDS ARE CALM. ADDITIONAL THREAT OF STORMS POSSIBLE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE ON TUESDAY. AFTER TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FOR MID WEEK...PROMOTING A DRYING TREND. ASIDE FROM SOME LATE NIGHT FOG ALONG THE RIVERS...PRIMARILY IN THE MTNS...LOOKING AT VFR CONDITIONS FROM WED-FRIDAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WP NEAR TERM...PM/RCS SHORT TERM...KM LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 319 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-280730- 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- 319 AM EDT MON JUN 27 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
608 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ003-019-020-272315-
SURRY NC-WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
608 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SURRY...WILKES AND YADKIN
COUNTIES...
AT 607 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ELKIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR STATE ROAD AND PLEASANT HILL AROUND 620
PM...ELKIN...AND SWANCREEK AROUND 625 PM...JONESVILLE AROUND 630
PM...BUCK SHOALS AROUND 635 PM...BURCH AROUND 640 PM AND BROOKS
CROSSROADS AROUND 645 PM.
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.
LAT...LON 3605 8095 3636 8116 3638 8098 3629 8055
3605 8076
AMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
654 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
VAZ007-009-010-280000-
BLAND VA-SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-
654 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAND...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 30 MILES
WEST OF HURLEY TO 32 MILES WEST OF ABINGDON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE 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 RAVEN AROUND 730 PM...QUARRY AROUND 740
PM...CLAYPOOL HILL AROUND 750 PM AND BROADFORD AROUND 800 PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3719 8179 3725 8174 3721 8168 3721 8156
3726 8150 3728 8142 3734 8136 3696 8136
3695 8138 3687 8134 3675 8134 3667 8165
3679 8170 3692 8184 3698 8179 3715 8191
AMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
746 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ019-280030-
WILKES NC-
746 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WILKES COUNTY...
AT 745 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MC GRADY...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. 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 MULBERRY AROUND 755 PM...FAIRPLAINS...AND
NORTH WILKESBORO AROUND 800 PM...HAYS...AND ABSHERS AROUND 805 PM...
DOCKERY AND WILKES COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 810 PM.
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.
LAT...LON 3621 8134 3637 8132 3637 8129 3636 8127
3638 8122 3637 8091 3635 8090 3605 8092
AMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
751 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ003-280030-
SURRY NC-
751 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SURRY COUNTY...
AT 749 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BOTTOM...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. 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 PINE RIDGE AROUND 800 PM...DOBSON AROUND 815
PM...TOAST AROUND 820 PM...AND WHITE PLAINS AROUND 825 PM.
LAT...LON 3629 8072 3646 8091 3656 8086 3656 8075
3655 8044 3628 8046SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 758 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 VAZ016-032-280100- CARROLL VA-PATRICK VA- 758 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARROLL AND PATRICK COUNTIES... AT 754 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF FANCY GAP...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FANCY GAP AROUND 820 PM...CANA AROUND 835 PM AND GROUNDHOG MOUNTAIN AROUND 900 PM. LAT...LON 3656 8084 3675 8083 3677 8050 3656 8052
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
805 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ001-002-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-WVZ042-280100-
ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-MERCER WV-
SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-WYTHE VA-
805 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...ASHE...BLAND...
CARROLL...GRAYSON...MERCER...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE COUNTIES...
AT 802 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 7 MILES
NORTH OF RICHLANDS TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILHOWIE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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 CHILHOWIE AROUND 810 PM...BROADFORD AND
WHITETOP AROUND 815 PM...THOMAS BRIDGE...AND ADWOLF AROUND 820
PM...MOUNT ROGERS SUMMIT AND AND HUNGRY MOTHER STATE PARK AROUND 825
PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3725 8174 3721 8168 3721 8156 3728 8142
3733 8137 3736 8097 3729 8097 3727 8101
3724 8097 3648 8094 3638 8098 3644 8109
3642 8113 3655 8170 3663 8161 3679 8170
3692 8184 3698 8179 3710 8189 3715 8190
AMSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the City of King. Damage values are estimated.
A thunderstorm tracked northeast across the community of Eden. Along the way, it downed several trees. Some were down on Trogden Steet, at the intersection of Reynolds Street and Harris Street, and along Friendly Road. In the 1000 block of Kylce Steet, a roof was blown off a maintenance garage. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees across King. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees across the city of Danbury. Damage values are estimated.
Lightning started a structure fire. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree along Oak Level Church Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees along Burton Chapel Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Corbett Ridge Road. 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: 326083, 326075, 326078, 326081, 326090, 329256, 326085, 326086.