A thunderstorm complex headed south through Kentucky. The eastern extent of the system helped trigger additional thunderstorms over parts of North Carolina.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A thunderstorm complex headed south through Kentucky. The eastern extent of the system helped trigger additional thunderstorms over parts of North Carolina. Severe thunderstorm wind accompanied two of the storms.
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 7, 4:16 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
516 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BE THE CONTROLLING
FACTOR IN OUR WEATHER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK
DOWN BY THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 500 PM...MCS IS MAKING BETTER PROGRESS THAN EXPECTED INTO
THE FORECAST AREA MAINLY SERN WV...WITH ISOLATED TSTMS POPPING UP
AHEAD OF IT IN THE MTNS OF SW VA. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO RAISE
POPS THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE MCS STILL MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST THROUGH OHIO
AND WEST VIRGINIA AS OF 2PM.
MCS CONTINUES TO FOLLOW CORFIDI VECTORS AND THE HIGHER
INSTABILITY TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. THE HRRR...WHICH WAS HANDLING
THE SYSTEM WELL THIS MORNING...HAS SINCE PRETTY MUCH LOST THE
SYSTEM...AND THUS WILL NO LONGER BE USEFUL. SO SINCE NO MODEL HAS
THIS SYSTEM...ATTENTION TURNS TO MESOANALYSIS DATA. NOT MUCH
ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER SYSTEM
ORGANIZATION HAS OVERCOME THAT SO FAR...WITH ITS IMPRESSIVE
MESOSCALE FEATURES ALLOWING IT TO PERSIST. ON TOP OF THIS IT
APPEARS EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS INCREASING A BIT WITH 25 TO 30 KTS OUT
AHEAD OF IT. MIXED LAYER CAPES ARE UP TO 1-2K J/KG ACROSS MOST OF
WEST VIRGINIA...FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA AS WELL. THE ABOVE FACTORS COMBINED WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES OF 8-9C/KM AND THE STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MCS SHOULD ALLOW IT TO PERSIST AS IT MOVES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN OHIO. FEEL IT WILL
CLIP OUR WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE EDGE THAT
CLIPS US WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO
THE HEART OF THE RIDGE OVER US AND ENCOUNTERS WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND
DRY AIR ALOFT. HOWEVER GIVEN MLCAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG MAY STILL
SEE A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM OR TWO AS THE LINE CLIPS SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OF VIRGINIA...AND NORTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA. TIMING SHOULD BE FROM 4PM IN THE NORTHWEST...TO
9PM OR SO IN THE SOUTHWEST IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER.
EXPECT DRY WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. CLEARING SKIES
ARE ALSO EXPECTED AS CIRRUS SLOWLY DISSIPATES. WITH HIGH PRESSURE
OVERHEAD AND CALM WINDS...ONCE AGAIN EXPECTING SOME FOG TO FORM
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER DEWPOINTS THAN LAST NIGHT SHOULD MEAN A
LITTLE MORE FOG AND TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER. LOWS A
BLEND BETWEEN THE MAV AND MOS GUIDANCE...ALTHOUGH CLOSER TO THE
MET IN MOST PLACES AS FEEL WITH THE INCREASING DEWPOINTS THE MAV
IS TOO COOL.
WEDNESDAY WILL BE A HOT DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO
BUILD OVERHEAD. 850MB TEMPS OFF THE NAM AROUND 21C...ABOUT 2C
WARMER THAN TODAY WILL SUPPORT RECORD HEAT IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
NEAR RECORDS IN THE EAST. MAV GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TOO WARM MOST OF
THE SUMMER...SO LEANED CLOSER TO THE COOLER MET MOS...BUT THAT
STILL GIVES HIGHS AROUND 90 IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE MID 90S IN
THE EAST. AND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S...IT WILL FEEL RATHER
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HEAT INDEX APPROACHING 100 IN THE PIEDMONT.
WITH THE RIDGE RIGHT ON TOP OF US ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT...DRY AIR ALOFT...AND WEAK SUBSIDENCE
ALOFT...ALL OF WHICH SHOULD WORK TO CAP CONVECTION DURING THE DAY.
HOWEVER INCREASING DEW POINTS...AND LIGHT WINDS...MAY ALLOW
ISOLATED TERRAIN INDUCED STORMS TO FORM DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WHILE SHEAR WILL BE VERY WEAK...INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGH WITH
SBCAPES AT LEAST 3000 L/KG POSSIBLE. SO IF ANY STORM CAN FORM IT
MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LIMITS BEFORE
WEAKENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE PATTERN WITH A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE REGION...A LEE TROF AT THE SURFACE AND 850 MB TEMPERATURES
AROUND +20. LEE TROF REMAINS IN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA SO EXPECT
DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. USED A BLEND OF
BIAS CORRECTED MET/MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS AND LOWS THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
500 MB HEIGHTS FLATTEN BY SATURDAY AND ZONAL FLOW KEEPS THE REGION
IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH A SURFACE WARM FRONT WELL TO THE NORTH OF
THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. ON SATURDAY SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL WIND BACK
TO THE SOUTHWEST...PLUS CENTER OF THE SURFACE AND 850 MB HIGHS WILL
FINALLY BE OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN MORE
WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY. WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION IN
THIS TIME FRAME. ONCE THE FRONT GOES THROUGH 850 MB TEMPERATURES
DROP AND A DRIER AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH A SURFACE
HIGH COVERING MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC STATES. WILL
HAVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY DRY.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AREA WIDE. WATCHING MCS MOVE SOUTH
THROUGH OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY. THINK MAIN
LINE WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND WEST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CLIPPING OUR
WESTERN PORTION OF OUR CWA. IF ANYTHING DOES MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA
IT WILL BE AROUND 4 TO 7 PM ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND 6
TO 10 PM ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...BUT AGAIN THIS IS A LOW
CONFIDENCE FORECAST. ALL OTHER AREAS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.
TONIGHT...DEWPOINTS ARE ON THE RISE...AND WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
AND LIGHT TO CALM WINDS...FOG FORMATION IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED.
NOT TOO MUCH FOG WAS EXPERIENCED TUESDAY MORNING...BUT HAVE HIGHER
CONFIDENCE TONIGHT...GIVEN ABOVE FACTORS AND SLIGHTLY MORE
PESSIMISTIC MOS GUIDANCE. THUS WENT MVFR AT LYH...DAN..BCB...AND IFR AT
LWB.
WILL STILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR ISOLATED MOUNTAIN STORMS IN THE
AFTN/EARLY EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...BUT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS
NOT EXPECTED. AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE
RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN LEADING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THUS WHILE MUCH OF THAT TIME PERIOD WILL BE
VFR...WILL LIKELY HAVE PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS DURING
THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHER CONCERN EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE EARLY MORNING
FOG...WHICH WILL BURN OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS HIGHS...
JUNE 8 JUNE 9
ROANOKE 97(1933) 98(1933)
LYNCHBURG 100(1933) 99(1933)
DANVILLE 98(1988) 98(2008)
BLUEFIELD 89(2007) 89(2008)
BLACKSBURG 90(1984) 92(1953)
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MC/WP
NEAR TERM...JJ/MC
SHORT TERM...AMS
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...MC/WP
CLIMATE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 310 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-080715- 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- 310 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 511 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 VAZ013-014-016-017-032-072215- CARROLL VA-FLOYD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PULASKI VA- 511 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARROLL...FLOYD...MONTGOMERY... PATRICK AND PULASKI COUNTIES... AT 507 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF INDIAN VALLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF ON OR NEAR CLAYTOR LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPSIZE YOUR VESSEL. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COPPER VALLEY AROUND 520 PM...INDIAN VALLEY AROUND 535 PM...WILLIS AROUND 555 PM AND MABRY MILL AROUND 615 PM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 3675 8026 3666 8064 3707 8073 3712 8049 KK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
521 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
VAZ012-015-016-072215-
CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-WYTHE VA-
521 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARROLL...GRAYSON AND WYTHE
COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
WYTHEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 COLEMAN STORE AROUND 545 PM...IVANHOE AROUND
600 PM AND BYLLESBY AROUND 615 PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3703 8112 3702 8111 3705 8102 3705 8098
3707 8094 3667 8076 3660 8108 3703 8116
KKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
523 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
NCZ002-019-072230-
ALLEGHANY NC-WILKES NC-
523 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY AND WILKES COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MC GRADY...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 HALLS MILLS AROUND 535 PM...DOCKERY AROUND
545 PM...HAYS AROUND 555 PM...MULBERRY AROUND 600 PM...WILKES COUNTY
AIRPORT...AND MILLERS CREEK AROUND 605 PM AND FAIRPLAINS AROUND 610
PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3603 8118 3602 8126 3637 8132 3636 8128
3636 8125 3639 8124 3640 8126 3643 8126
3646 8111 3606 8093 3602 8110 3603 8111
3602 8117
KKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
559 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
VAZ007-009-010-072300-
BLAND VA-SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-
559 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BLAND...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 557 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RICHLANDS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 JEWELL RIDGE AROUND 605 PM...AMONATE...AND
BANDY AROUND 620 PM...BANDY AROUND 625 PM...CEDAR BLUFF AROUND 635
PM...CLIFFIELD...AND CLAYPOOL HILL AROUND 640 PM AND TAZEWELL AROUND
650 PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3721 8177 3725 8174 3725 8172 3721 8168
3721 8156 3723 8154 3724 8150 3704 8125
3688 8170 3719 8182
KKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
627 PM EDT TUE JUN 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 4 SW STUART 36.59N 80.34W
06/07/2011 E0.75 INCH PATRICK VA PUBLIC
&&
JJACKSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
653 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ009-015-016-080000-
ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-SURRY NC-
WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-
653 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...ASHE...CARROLL...
GRAYSON...SMYTH...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES COUNTIES...
AT 648 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM FRIES TO
ABINGDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL 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 MOUNT ROGERS SUMMIT AROUND 705 PM...GALAX
CITY AROUND 710 PM...GRAYSON HIGHLANDS STATE PARK...VOLNEY...RUGBY...
AND BRIDLE CREEK AROUND 720 PM...PIPERS GAP...INDEPENDENCE...AND
BAYWOOD AROUND 725 PM AND WHITETOP AROUND 730 PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3635 8183 3635 8173 3641 8175 3647 8170
3657 8170 3663 8161 3665 8164 3677 8169
3678 8126 3676 8126 3676 8119 3678 8108
3678 8092 3628 8056 3625 8190 3629 8192
KKThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew two trees down along Route 268. Several other trees were also blown down between Pinnacle and Westfield.
Thunderstorm winds blew a 12 inch diameter branch down. The branch blocked Route 52 north of Greenhill Road. A large oak tree was blown down in the 100 block of Kizer Street on a residence. The tree punctured and warped the roof of the house. Minor water damage occurred.
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: 322643, 322644.