Thunderstorm complexes moved southeast from Kentucky into Tennessee. Outflow boundaries from these complexes moved eastward into Virginia and touched of showers and storms.
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.
Thunderstorm complexes moved southeast from Kentucky into Tennessee. Outflow boundaries from these complexes moved eastward into Virginia and touched of showers and storms. Some of these storms increased to severe levels and produced damaging thunderstorm 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 18, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 323 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WAS STRETCHED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE WARM FRONT THEN ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE MID WEST UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT LAYING THE TRACK FOR POSSIBLE EARLY MORNING MESOSCALE COMPLEXES IN THE OHIO VALLEY TO COME OVER RNK CWA TOMORROW. MODELS...HOWEVER...ARE NOT DEVELOPING ANY THING TO THE NORTHWEST. ALSO LATER TOMORROW...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REDEVELOPS OVER THE MID WEST PULLING THE TRAIN TRACKS BACK TO THE WEST. WITH CONTINUED LOW CONFIDENCE...WILL KEEP POPS AT A CHANCE AND MORE SO DURING PEAKING HEATING IN THE AFTERNOON. MUGGY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. MOUNTAIN AREAS NOT SEEING RAIN TOMORROW COULD SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S...WHILE IN THE EAST...LOWER 90S POSSIBLE. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... OPERATIONAL MODELS CONSISTENT IN THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE MS VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS PERIOD. DIFFERENCES LIE IN THE SFC SCENARIO WHERE IMPULSES AND SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIES UP IN RELATION TO CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS. OVERALL...LOOKS LIKE BEST FORCING WITH THE NEXT WAVE WILL BE SUNDAY EVENING AS IT PUSHES ACROSS THE CWA. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS IN THE NW SUNDAY EVENING TAPERING TO LOW CHANCE IN THE SOUTH AWAY FROM THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY. THE ACTIVITY APPEARS TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT BUT STILL COULD BE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE CWA TO MAINTAIN POPS OVERNIGHT WITH BEST CHANCE IN THE NRN CWA...TAPERING OFF BY 12Z/8AM MONDAY. A WEAKER IMPULSE IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO THE MTNS MON AFTN BUT WITH VARIANCE IN MODEL PLACEMENT WILL JUST HAVE 30-40 POPS GOING WITH BEST CHANCE IN THE WEST. THE RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON NIGHT INTO TUESDAY SO FORCING AND BETTER LIFT SHOULD SHIFT TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC AND WARMER TEMPS ALOFT MAY PUT A CAP IN PLACE SO POPS WILL BE LOWER BY TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH A WEAK WAVE COULD TOUCH OFF ISOLATED STORMS. TEMPS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER/CONVECTIVE BLOWOFF. ATTM...WILL LEAN TOWARD A MOS BLEND ON HIGHS MONDAY WITH LOWER 90S SOUTHEAST TO THE LOWER 80S MTNS. ANTICIPATE MORE SUNSHINE BY TUESDAY WITH HIGHER THICKNESSES...AND WILL BE A HOT DAY. LOOK FOR A HIGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S FROM FVX/LYH SOUTH TO DAN-MTV-MWK AND EVEN ROANOKE. AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN MAJOR OP MODELS LEADS TO AN AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR US WILL BE SUMMER LIKE EARLY ON WITH A RIDGE TRAVERSING THE SOUTHEAST WHILE TROUGH WORKS FROM THE MIDWEST WED INTO THE ATLANTIC STATES BY THE END OF THIS PERIOD. AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE WILL SEE A SW FLOW AT THE SFC/ALOFT WHICH WILL BRING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AROUND WED-THU...WITH BETTER CHANCES ARRIVING IN THE THU-FRI TIME FRAME AS FRONT WORKS CLOSER WITH BETTER LIFT. THE FRONT WILL SLIDE JUST SOUTH OF US BY SAT...AT LEAST BASED ON ENSEMBLE/GFS/HPC GUIDANCE. IF THIS OCCURS...WE WILL SEE SOME COOLER WX SAT WITH LESS CHANCE OF PRECIP. UNTIL THEN...TEMPS WIL BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S MTNS TO LOWER TO MID 90S WED-THU...MAYBE COOLER FRI AS MORE CLOUDS/CONVECTION ARRIVES. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COMING ACROSS SW PORTION OF RNK CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH TO THE EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE. ANY FOG OVERNIGHT WILL DEPEND ON WHICH LOCATIONS GET RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CHANCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN ANY OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME...THE EXCEPTION BEING LWB. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA ANTICIPATED BY SUNDAY AS A MORE WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE TRACKS TOWARD THE AREA. MAINLY VFR EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOMES MORE ISOLATED AND OROGRAPHICALLY DRIVEN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS FCST TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS WITH INCREASING SUBSIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RCS NEAR TERM...RCS SHORT TERM...WP LONG TERM...PW/WP AVIATION...RCS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>015-022-WVZ042-191945- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-ROANOKE-MERCER- 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-VAZ016-017-032-033-043-044-058-059-191945- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ018>020-023-024-WVZ043>045-191945- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ARRIVING MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ034-035-045>047-191945- BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ARRIVING MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RCS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
VAZ007-009>013-015-016-182000-
BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-PULASKI VA-SMYTH VA-
TAZEWELL VA-WYTHE VA-
257 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAND...CARROLL...GILES...
GRAYSON...PULASKI...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE COUNTIES...
AT 252 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TAZEWELL TO 6 MILES WEST OF MOUTH OF WILSON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 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 BURKES GARDEN...CERES...MARION
WYTHEVILLE...AND MOUTH OF WILSON AROUND 300 PM...FLATRIDGE AROUND 305
PM...BLUEFIELD...RURAL RETREAT...COMERS ROCK...AND BRIDLE CREEK
AROUND 310 PM AND CLEAR FORK AROUND 315 PM.
LAT...LON 3724 8151 3725 8124 3724 8122 3726 8118
3728 8074 3656 8073 3659 8152 3722 8156
MCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
302 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
VAZ011-WVZ042-043-182000-
GILES VA-MERCER WV-SUMMERS WV-
302 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GILES...MERCER AND SUMMERS
COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRINCETON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DUNNS AROUND 310 PM...ATHENS AROUND 315 PM...
ELGOOD AROUND 320 PM...WILLOWTON AROUND 325 PM AND RICH CREEK AROUND
330 PM.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...PLEASE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3749 8123 3759 8101 3727 8074 3726 8100
3728 8101 3729 8098 3730 8100 3728 8110
3726 8118 3725 8123
WERTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
327 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE ASHLAND 36.41N 81.56W
06/18/2011 ASHE NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE FELL ON A POWER LINE ON HICKORY HEIGHTS DRIVE.
0243 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW JEFFERSON 36.49N 81.49W
06/18/2011 ASHE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON WEST DEEP FORD.
0247 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E JEFFERSON 36.42N 81.46W
06/18/2011 ASHE NC 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN ON NC HIGHWAY 88 AND ANOTHER FELL ON A
POWER LINE ON EAST MAIN STREET.
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W SCOTTVILLE 36.49N 81.36W
06/18/2011 ASHE NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE FELL ON CHESTNUT HILL ROAD.
&&
CHENARDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
349 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
NCZ003-VAZ011-013-014-016>018-022-032-043-WVZ044-182045-
CARROLL VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-GILES VA-HENRY VA-MONROE WV-
MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-SURRY NC-
349 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...
GILES...HENRY...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE AND
SURRY COUNTIES...
AT 347 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PETERSTOWN TO PULASKI TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BOTTOM...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. IF ON A LAKE OR RESERVOIR...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH
TO CAPSIZE YOUR VESSEL.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR LINDSIDE...POPLAR HILL...KIMBALLTON...AND
BANE AROUND 355 PM...RAINES CORNER...PEMBROKE...INTERIOR...AND
EGGLESTON AROUND 400 PM...CASCADES AND AND CLAYTOR LAKE STATE PARK
AROUND 405 PM.
LAT...LON 3655 8090 3656 8084 3683 8093 3688 8075
3709 8092 3715 8085 3719 8091 3742 8087
3758 8075 3764 8024 3759 8014 3765 8002
3755 7997 3717 8002 3717 8003 3712 8013
3699 8012 3687 8023 3679 8004 3654 8004
WERTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W SCOTTVILLE 36.50N 81.32W
06/18/2011 ALLEGHANY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON WEAVER ROAD.
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW LAUREL SPGS 36.49N 81.29W
06/18/2011 ALLEGHANY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON ROUTE 113.
0304 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N LAUREL SPGS 36.50N 81.25W
06/18/2011 ALLEGHANY NC PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN THE STRATFORD, SCOTTVILLE AREA.
0309 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW SPARTA 36.52N 81.20W
06/18/2011 ALLEGHANY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON US ROUTE 221.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE SPARTA 36.51N 81.13W
06/18/2011 ALLEGHANY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON ROUTE 21.
&&
CHENARDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0347 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW DOBSON 36.34N 80.77W
06/18/2011 SURRY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE FELL ACROSS DOBBINS MILL ROAD.
0347 PM TSTM WND DMG WSW DOBSON 36.39N 80.73W
06/18/2011 SURRY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A LARGE LIMB FELL ACROSS WEST ATKINS STREET NEAR THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE CANA 36.53N 80.63W
06/18/2011 SURRY NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE FELL DOWN ON WESTLAKE DRIVE.
&&
CHENARDThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:34 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees across the county. Some locations with trees down include Meadows of Dan, Stuart, Ararat, and Fairy Stone. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds brought a tree down on Philpott Drive. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a few small trees down near Highland Ave SE. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds brought down a tree onto a power pole and power line at 700 Orange Ave. NE. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds brought down a tree about one-half mile north of the intersection of Routes 40 and 122. Damage values are estimated.
Lightning struck a 75 year old, 6 foot diameter, 80 foot tall oak tree in the 700 block of East Court Street in Rocky Mount. Portions of the tree, up to five feet long, were shattered off the tree and blown up to 30 feet away. The lightning strike also caused electrical damage to wiring leading into the residence on the property, and an electric fence around part of the property was damaged.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down at 382 Homewood Drive. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds knocked a six inch diameter limb off a tree and onto power lines at the 3200 block of Forest Brook Road. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 325178, 325183, 325180, 325181, 325182, 326995, 325184, 325185.