Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2012

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2012
Start: 2012-07-01T09:40
End: 2012-07-01T22:35
Location: Virginia

July 1, 2012 · NWS MRX · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 MRX wrote it up.

Scattered severe convection developed across the region in a weak to moderately unstable environment. An outflow boundary aided by a relatively strong west to northwesterly flow produced severe thunderstorms during the morning. A second episode of severe thunderstorms occurred during the evening as a strong thunderstorm complex moved southeast out of the Ohio Valley across the Southern Appalachians. The atmosphere supported both large hail and severe wind gusts.

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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 8:16 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:16 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
916 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.DISCUSSION...MINOR SHORT TERM UPDATE TO UP POPS IN SW VA THIS MORNING. SON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN            106  75 101  74  96 /  10  20  20  20  20
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 104  73  99  72  95 /  10  20  20  20  30
OAK RIDGE, TN                      103  72  99  72  94 /  10  20  20  20  30
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN             101  66  95  65  93 /  30  30  30  30  30

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.

TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...
     CLAIBORNE...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...
     HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...
     MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...
     NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...
     NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
     SULLIVAN...UNION...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.

VA...NONE.

&&

SON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:38 AM EST, 6 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
438 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-020845-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
438 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 /338 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

MORE HOT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AS THE HEAT
WAVE CONTINUES. FOR MORE ON THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...PLEASE SEE THE
LATEST HEAT ADVISORY PRODUCTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING SPOTTY AND BRIEF RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE STORM COULD DEVELOP IN THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON
OR EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS BELOW 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WOULD BE
THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH RECORD VALUES MONDAY...BUT A HEAT
ADVISORY MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR AT LEAST SOUTHERN PARTS OF EAST
TENNESSEE.

AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WEAKENS ACROSS THE REGION...MOISTURE
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM MID TO LATE WEEK. THIS INCREASE IN
MOISTURE COULD LEAD TO A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN
THREATS BEING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...UNLESS COVERAGE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES DURING THE WEEK.

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:41 AM EST, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
941 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

TNZ015-VAZ001-002-005-011430-
HANCOCK TN-LEE VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA-
941 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...CITY OF NORTON...WISE...
SCOTT AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...

AT 939 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLINTWOOD TO SOUTH
WALLINS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WISE...NORTON...
JONESVILLE...SNEEDVILLE...PENNINGTON GAP...BIG STONE GAP...ST.
CHARLES...APPALACHIA...ROSE HILL...DRYDEN...COEBURN...JASPER...
PATTONSVILLE...DUFFIELD...FORT BLACKMORE...KYLES FORD AND CLINCHPORT.

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The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:40 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Russell

When: July 1, 9:40 AM EST
Where: Russell County, Honaker
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.020, -81.980

Half dollar sized hail was reported at Honaker.

Thunderstorm Wind, Russell

When: July 1, 9:42 AM EST
Where: Russell County, Honaker
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 37.020, -81.980

Numerous trees were reported down in Honaker.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: July 1, 10:05 PM EST
Where: Lee County, 1.31 mi WNW of Jonesville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 36.690, -83.120

Several trees were reported down in Jonesville.

Hail, Wise

When: July 1, 10:15 PM EST
Where: Wise County, 2.15 mi SSE of Riverview
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.890, -82.470

Ping pong ball sized hail was reported four miles south of Coeburn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: July 1, 10:35 PM EST
Where: Scott County, Nickelsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 36.750, -82.420

A few trees were reported down in Nickelsville.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, July 2012

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: 388545, 388546, 388548, 388549, 388550.