Hail, Summers
- When
- June 9, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Summers County, Ellison
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -81.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 9, 2011
Despite being under the influence by an area of high pressure, enough ridge top convergence of winds took place to help facilitate the development of isolated to scattered thunderstorms. One of these storms reached severe levels over southeast West Virginia.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Despite being under the influence by an area of high pressure, enough ridge top convergence of winds took place to help facilitate the development of isolated to scattered thunderstorms. One of these storms reached severe levels over southeast West Virginia.
What forecasters said that day
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 9, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
330 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. A COOL FRONT WILL
SLIP SOUTH TO ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE SATURDAY...THEN THROUGH
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY. A MORE COMFORTABLE AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE RECLAIMS THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NW NC AND EXTREME SW VA WILL CONTINUE
THIS LATE PM AND EARLY EVENING...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. EXPECTING COVERAGE TO EXTEND A
LITTLE FURTHER NORTH AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS TO THE WEST
INTERACT WITH THE SOUPY AIR MASS. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME WATER
PROBLEMS TOO AS THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE HOOKED TO THE MOUNTAIN
CHAIN AND THUS VERY SLOW MOVERS. DESPITE SLT CHC POPS IN THE
FORECAST PROSPECTS FOR GETTING STORMS INTO THE ROANOKE AND NEW
RIVER VALLEYS LOOK SLIM ATTM...BUT ENOUGH OF A CHC TO MENTION IN
THE FORECAST. WILL KEEP SLT CHC POPS REGION-WIDE TONIGHT...AS
INSTABILITY WILL LAST THROUGH THE NEXT IN THE WARM HUMID AIR MASS.
EXPECTING A SIMILAR OUTCOME ON FRIDAY...PERHAPS MORE STORMS ACROSS
SE WEST VA AS SOME UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTRIBUTE TO LIFTING
FALLING INTO THE WEAK LEE TROUGH THAT WILL PERSIST. SOMEWHAT MORE
WIDESPREAD CLOUD SHIELD SHOULD TAKE 2-4F DEGREES OFF OF MAX T FROM
THURSDAY. MODELS AGAIN FOCUSING ON NW NC FRIDAY SO ADDED LIKELY
POPS THERE...PROBABLY DEVELOPING AROUND NOON LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY. SLIGHTLY GREATER WIND SPEEDS AND MORE OF A VEERED PROFILE
WILL ALSO NUDGE UP AMOUNT OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FORECAST AREAS STAYS IN A VERY MOIST AIR MASS THROUGH
SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHEN SURFACE
AND LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS SATURDAY WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH
QUICKLY CLOUDS DEVELOP IN THE MORNING AND HOW WIDESPREAD THE
PRECIPITATION IS DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN GENERAL KEPT
TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S SINCE THE MODELS WERE HOLDING 850 MB
TEMPERATURES FROM +14 TO +18.
LIFTED INDEX FORECASTS FROM THE GFS AND SREF ARE BEGINNING TO
SUGGEST A SLOWER ARRIVAL AND MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY. IF
THIS TIMING PANS OUT...IT WOULD PROLONG THE CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTY WARNING AREA
WELL INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
IN GENERAL USED THE MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES AND
FOR SURFACE DEW POINTS FOR THIS TIME FRAME.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOME NORTH THEN EAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR
INTO THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY DRY.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING THE CHANCE
FOR PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. STAYED CLOSE TO BIAS CORRECTED HPC GUIDANCE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
STORMS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED LATE THIS PM AND EARLY
EVENING...EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR KBLF WHERE THEY COULD BE MORE
NUMEROUS. WILL KEEP VCTS CB MENTION IN TAF FOR NOW...BUT
EVENTUALLY A TSRA MAY BE NECESSARY AT KBLF. IF ANY OF THE THE
SITES DO GET A STORM...FOG WILL BECOME MUCH MORE LIKELY...BUT FOR
NOW EXPECTING SAME COVERAGE...DURATION AND INTENSITY OF FOG AT
LWB/DAN/LYH AS YESTERDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE
WILL CAUSE WINDS TO DIE OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING. ANY RESTRICTIONS
WILL BE QUICKLY ERASED BY STRONG JUNE SUNSHINE BY 13Z FRIDAY.
WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BREAKING DOWN AND MORE OF A ZONAL
WEATHER PATTERN...WEST TO EAST UPPER LEVEL FLOW...IN PLACE FRIDAY
AND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...WE CAN EXPECT INCREASED COVERAGE OF
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS
AND EVENINGS. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ORIGINATING OVER THE
NORTHERN CONUS WILL HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY OF REACHING THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION. NOT CONFIDENT IN TIMING OF THESE FEATURES SO
THERE IS A CHANCE SHOWER ACTIVITY COULD OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE
NORMAL DIURNAL CYCLE. WITH WESTERLY FLOW INCREASING ALOFT GREATEST
CONFIDENCE FOR FORMATION OF LOCAL TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE
MTNS DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON PERIODS...THEN DRIFTING
EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LOCAL MVFR/POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS...LIGHT
FOG LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN AND RIVER VALLEYS.
A WEAK COOL FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE
NORTH ON SUNDAY. THIS 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 AND TUESDAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS...
JUNE 9
ROANOKE 98(1933)
LYNCHBURG 99(1933)
DANVILLE 98(2008)
BLUEFIELD 89(2008)
BLACKSBURG 92(1953)
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KM/PM
NEAR TERM...KM
SHORT TERM...AMS
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...KM/PM
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:59 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 359 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-102000- 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- 359 PM EDT THU JUN 9 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. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. A GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATER PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:56 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
456 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0444 PM HAIL REIDSVILLE 36.35N 79.67W
06/09/2011 E1.00 INCH ROCKINGHAM NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KKOSTURALocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:13 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
513 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0127 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW WILBAR 36.24N 81.41W
06/09/2011 WILKES NC PUBLIC
TWO LARGE MAPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON SUMMIT ROAD.
&&
HYSELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:22 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
522 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM HAIL 5 S COPPER HILL 37.01N 80.14W
06/09/2011 E0.88 INCH FLOYD VA PUBLIC
HAIL FELL ON GRAYSVILLE ROAD.
&&
HYSELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
525 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL MAX MEADOWS 36.97N 80.93W
06/09/2011 E1.00 INCH WYTHE VA PUBLIC
&&
HYSELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:56 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
556 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0339 PM HAIL 5 S COPPER HILL 37.01N 80.14W
06/09/2011 E1.00 INCH FLOYD VA PUBLIC
HAIL FELL ON LOOKOUT RIDGE LANE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HAIL
ACCUMULATED ON THE GROUND.
&&
HYSELLLocal storm report, Jun 9, 5:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
600 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW FRANCISCO 36.48N 80.45W
06/09/2011 SURRY NC PUBLIC
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
&&
WERTThe radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 9, 7:08 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 1.65 mi E of Lindside
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Post Office
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -80.640
Thunderstorm winds blew a couple of large trees down on mountain property. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 9, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 0.88 mi NE of Wikel
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $900
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -80.640
Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down on State Route 122 near Rock Camp. Damage values are estimated.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
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: 322651, 322683, 322684.