A stationary front was located near the crest of the blue ridge. Daytime heating and wind convergence along the higher terrain helped develop some showers and storms during the mid to late afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A stationary front was located near the crest of the blue ridge. Daytime heating and wind convergence along the higher terrain helped develop some showers and storms during the mid to late afternoon hours. One storm reached severe levels with 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 9, 2:09 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 309 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OVERNIGHT BEFORE LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY TUESDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD PASS NORTH OF THE AREA LATE TUESDAY ALLOWING WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL BRING A RETURN OF DEEPER MOISTURE...ALONG WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM EDT MONDAY... WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE BUT CONVECTION HAS BEEN CUT OFF SO FAR BY DRY AIR ALOFT AND LOWER DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE OROGRAPHIC AIDED REGIONS. HOWEVER SEEING SOME INCREASE IN THE LOW LEVEL THETA-E ACROSS THE SOUTH-EAST AHEAD OF A FAINT WAVE...REMNANT OF THE EARLIER TN VALLEY MCS...THAT IS PROGGED TO SLIDE ACROSS NW NC THIS EVENING. MOST GUIDANCE ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP AT LEAST SCTD SHRA/TSRA WITH THIS FEATURE OVER THE SOUTH AND SW SO LEAVING IN A LOW POP MAINLY SOUTHERN HALF THIS EVENING... AND ACROSS THE FAR WEST LATE AS THE FRONT STARTS TO LIFT BACK NORTH. OTRW FORCING REMAINS LIMITED TONIGHT AS COULD EASILY SEE THINGS GO BASICALLY DRY OVERNIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG LIKELY AS DEWPOINTS INCREASE BUT GIVEN LACK OF SHRA SO FAR APPEARS COVERAGE LIMITED TO THE DEEPER VALLEYS AND LOW SPOTS OUT EAST. WENT CLOSER TO THE COOLER MAV LOWS IN MOUNTAINS PER LOWER DEWPOINTS WHILE TRENDING TOWARD THE NAM OUT EAST OF THE FRONT. THIS RESIDUAL BOUNDARY LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH TUESDAY AS SE HEIGHTS BUILD AHEAD OF THE NEXT STRONGER WAVE RIDING NE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BEST LIFT AGAIN WILL BE WITH THIS FEATURE TO THE WEST WHILE UPPER LEVEL FORCING APPEARS LACKING OVERALL ACROSS THE REGION WITH WEST WINDS ALOFT CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOISTURE DOES DEEPEN WITH SOME INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS WHILE ANY ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE TROUGH DOWN THE FRONT GETS DAMPENED UPON SPILLING EAST INTO THE MID LEVEL RIDGING. APPEARS BEST FAVORED AREAS FOR CONVECTION WILL BE OVER THE FAR WEST WHERE THE FRONT/DEEPER MOISTURE INTERSECT AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY POSSIBLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE AS AFTERNOON LOW LEVEL BACKING TO A MORE SW COMPONENT TAKES SHAPE. ELSW THINKING MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE DESPITE HIGH THETA-E AND INSTABILITY PER STRONG HEATING ESPCLY OUT EAST. THUS TRIMMED BACK POPS TO MOSTLY CHANCE WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF AFTERNOON LIKELYS FAR WEST AND BLUE RIDGE SW OF ROANOKE. HIGH TEMPS ON THE WARM AND MUGGY SIDE WITH VALUES CLOSE TO 90 SE PIEDMONT PER EARLY DOWNSLOPE...AND 80S ELSW OUTSIDE OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND FAR NW WHERE CLOUDS MAY AGAIN HOLD VALUES IN THE 70S. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM EDT MONDAY... A CLOSED UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH WILL BE POSITIONED OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY NIGHT...THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP HEAD NORTHEAST TO NEAR AND THEN ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...RESULTING IN A SLOW MOVING...ELONGATED TROUGH AXIS THAT WILL SLOW MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...AND THEN ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF IMPULSES WILL ADVECT ACROSS OUR REGION WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PERIOD...CULMINATING WITH PASSAGE OF THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SCENARIO WILL RESULT IN A PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER CHANCE OF DAYTIME SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH A BETTER CHANCE THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS EACH DAY OF THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THROUGH THURSDAY...THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. THURSDAY NIGHT...THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL TRANSLATE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA IN CONJUCTION WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS. WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD...THERE WILL BE TREND TOWARD PROGRESSIVELY COOLER READINGS EACH DAY AS CLOUD COVER AND AREAS WITH PRECIPITATION INCREASE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 110 PM EDT MONDAY... THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH ONLY SOME NARROW WINDOWS FOR LIMITED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ON FRIDAY...THE AXIS OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE OVER OR JUST EAST OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST REGION. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL STILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH...OR EVEN SLOWER MOVING DETACHED UPPER LOW OUTSIDE THE MAIN JET STREAM...WILL MEANDER TOWARD THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A 12 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOON ON SATURDAY WITH LIMITED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE INFLUENCE OF THIS NEXT UPPER DISTURBANCE...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SURFACE HEATING STILL OCCURRING...WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN. SATURDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER FEATURE WILL MAKE LIMITED MOVEMENT TOWARD THE AREA...BUT BE JUST TO OUR WEST. THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIMITED CONVECTION...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT. ON SUNDAY...THE UPPER FEATURE MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE EITHER JUST NORTH OF THE AREA ON EAST OF THE REGION BY MONDAY MORNING. ITS INFLUENCE WILL CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY...IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST DISTURBANCE...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA AND REBOUND ONLY SLIGHTLY ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1240 PM EDT MONDAY... CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING ALONG THE SE AND NW FLANKS BUT WILL LIKELY STILL HAVE TO CONTEND TO PERIODIC MVFR CIGS IN LOWER CLOUDS AT KDAN INTO MID AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS KBLF/KLWB AS WELL. OTRW LOOKING AT MAINLY VFR CIGS ELSW WITH INTERVALS OF ONLY SCTD CLOUDS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INTO LATE AFTERNOON. STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION TO POP UP BUT LIKELY MORESO WITH A WEAK IMPULSE HEADING IN FROM THE LOWER TN VALLEY THAT COULD SPARK A CLUSTER OF SHRA/TSRA FROM KTNB EAST TO KDAN...POSSIBLY CLIPPING THE KBCB-KROA-KLYH CORRIDOR INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER GIVEN LESS EXPECTED COVERAGE HAVE CUT BACK TO MAINLY VICINITY SHRA MENTION FOR NOW GIVEN ISOLATED NATURE. WHERE/IF ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS DO DEVELOP WILL SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR BUT QUITE IFFY AT THIS POINT. ANY CONVECTION WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING ONCE THE WEAK WAVE PASSES WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS RESULTING IN PERIODS OF LATE NIGHT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. HOWEVER LOW CONFIDENCE IN SEEING CIGS/VSBYS GO AS LOW AS MODELS SUGGEST PENDING SHOWERS LATER ON SO INCLUDED SOME MVFR FOG AT THE NORMALLY FOGGY LOCATIONS LIKE KLYH/KBCB AND DROPPED KLWB DOWN TO LIFR/IFR WHERE THINK SOME CLEARING LIKELY. OTRW IF NO SHOWERS THEN LESS FOG...IF MORE SHOWERS THE COVERAGE OF FOG/STRATUS WILL BE GREATER. WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTS NE OF THE AREA LATER TUESDAY WITH ANY LOW CLOUDS/FOG GIVING WAY TO AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. APPEARS MOST SITES SHOULD BE VFR BY MID MORNING AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES AND A WEAK NW TRAJECTORY DEVELOPS WHILE MOST ORGANIZED SHRA/TSRA SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE VALID TAF PERIOD FOR NOW. EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS FOR MID WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS...INTO THE MS VALLEY TUESDAY...THEN INTO THE OHIO/TN VALLEY WED/THURSDAY. AS THE TROUGH GETS CLOSER THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS SHOULD INCREASE WITH THE THREAT FOR LOW CIGS/VSBYS ALSO INCREASING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW MOVING THUS RESULTING IN A MULTIPLE DAY THREAT FOR SHRA/TSRA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENINGS WED-FRI WITH A WEAK FRONT CROSSING THE AREA. THUS...PERIODS OF MVFR-IFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH INCREASING THREAT FOR LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG IN AREAS THAT SEE RAINFALL. WITH THE FRONT JUST SOUTH ON SATURDAY...AND THE UPPER TROUGH STILL AROUND...WILL SEE MORE OF AN ISOLATED DIURNALLY DRIVEN THREAT FOR CONVECTION EARLY IN THE WEEKEND...WITH SOME SLOW IMPROVEMENT TOWARD VFR BY SUNDAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/NF NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS AVIATION...JH/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 500 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-100900- 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- 500 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
103 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW ALVON 37.92N 80.27W
06/08/2014 GREENBRIER WV 911 CALL CENTER
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURVEY INDICATED A COUPLE
HUNDRED TREES DOWN IN THE BLUE BEND AREA ALONG ANTHONY
ROAD ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WV92 AND
ANTHONY ROAD...OVER ABOUT A 1000 YARD PATH. MOST TREES
WERE UPROOTED AND SOME SNAPPED AND ALMOST ALL LAYING IN
DIRECTION OF STORM MOVEMENT OR SPREAD IN DIVERGENT
PATTERN. MANY OF THESE TREES WERE IN A CAMPGROUND...BUT
NO DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
&&
SKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
433 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
NCZ019-092115-
WILKES NC-
433 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILBAR...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH WILKESBORO...
MC GRADY...
WILBAR...
TRAPHILL...
AND RONDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3614 8138 3629 8141 3629 8137 3633 8136
3639 8104 3638 8103 3638 8098 3640 8097
3633 8087 3617 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 261DEG 29KT 3624 8131
RABThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a set of powerlines in the community of Hays. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew two trees down. The one tree fell on Red White and Blue Road. The other tree fell in the community of Roaring River. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down three trees. The one tree was located at the intersection of Boone Trail and Boiling Springs Road. Another tree was located on Huffman Fork Road. The third tree was located in the community of Millers Creek. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down in the 1300 block of Hwy 268. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2014
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: 527569, 527566, 527573, 527567.