Another day of hot and humid conditions and unstable air helped to generate some isolated showers and storms. One of these storms increased to severe levels and produced damaging winds near Thaxton in Bedford County.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Another day of hot and humid conditions and unstable air helped to generate some isolated showers and storms. One of these storms increased to severe levels and produced damaging winds near Thaxton in Bedford County.
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, 2:14 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 314 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE A BACKDOOR FRONT ENTERS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT THEN MEANDER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... OVERALL NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE GOING FORECAST. HOT THIS AFTERNOON AND SOMEWHAT AGAIN TOMORROW...ALTHOUGH TOMORROW MAY SEE MORE CLOUDS AS BACKDOOR FRONT AND UPSTREAM CONVECTION ALLOW FOR MORE ORGANIZED BROAD CONVERGENCE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NRN AND WRN CWA. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA EVERYWHERE...WITH LATEST LOCAL WRF FAVORING A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE FROM THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND SRN WV SOUTH INTO THE NC FOOTHILLS...BEFORE DIMINISHING THE STORMS THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS AND SHIFTS MORE OVER THE SOUTHEAST COAST WHILE STRONG SHORTWAVE SEEN OVER WI/MI THIS AFTERNOON PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE ERN OHIO VALLEY LATE. MODELS SHOWING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS HEADING TOWARD SE WV BY DAWN. FOG WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO CLOUD COVER BUT EXPECT SOME VALLEY FOG IN THE MORNING. THURSDAY...AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE AND CONVECTION WEAKENS AS ITS SLIDES SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE VAS. MOST OF THE DYNAMICS STAYS ACROSS NRN VA INTO MD/PA WHILE SLIVER OF VORT ADVECTION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY MIDDAY. THINK POPS WILL BE HIGHER OVER SE WV...SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND EAST TO LYH/BUCKINGHAM THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE THE SRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA WILL BE MORE IN LINE FOR ISOLATED/SCATTERED STORMS. SVR POTENTIAL IS THERE GIVEN INSTABILITY...BUT WILL BE ISOLATED. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER IN THE WEST AND NORTH PER CLDS AND PRECIP WITH LOWER TO MID 80S ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS/GREENBRIER AND NC MTNS...WHILE THE NRV AND MTN EMPIRE HEAT UP TOWARD THE MID TO UPPER 80S...AND ROA SOUTHEAST TO THE PIEDMONTS OF VA/NC WARM TO THE LOWER TO MID 90S. DO NOT FORESEE RECORD HIGHS BEING SET...BUT BCB/LWB MAY GET WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES IF CLOUD COVER AND STORMS ARE DELAYED. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 253 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... A SLOW MOVING BACK DOOR FRONT WILL BE NEAR THE MASON-DIXON LINE WHILE A LEE TROUGH IS DRAPED ACROSS THE COASTAL PIEDMONT THURSDAY EVENING. CONVECTION ALONG THE BACK DOOR FRONT MAY HELP TO DEVELOP A SURFACE REFLECTION OVER THE MID ATLANTIC. AS THIS REFLECTION DRIFTS OFF SHORE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD TRACK (GFS) INTO NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. JUST A LITTLE LEERY THAT THIS BOUNDARY WILL TRAVEL THAT FAR SOUTH ESPECIALLY WITH THE 85H THETA-E BOUNDARY REMAIN WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. IF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY DOES ENTER THE RNK PIEDMONT...IT MAY WASHOUT UNDER HOT SUMMER SUN. AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ...INSTABILITIES WILL BE LOW EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE WITH A POSSIBLE LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW. THIS EASTERLY FLOW AND MODEST INSTABILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD GENERATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY IN THE WEST. WILL ALSO NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A POSSIBLE MESOSCALE COMPLEX COULD TRACK NEAR THE AREA WITH 5H ISOHYPSE ORIENTED NW-SE. IF SUCH A DISTURBANCE SHOULD DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...IT SHOULD TRACK CLOSE TO THE 85H THETA-E BOUNDARY WHICH IS NORTH OF THE AREA. JUST BEING IN THE VICINITY OF THIS DISTURBANCE...SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION COULD LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER VIRGINIA SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AS THIS SYSTEM TRACKS TO THE CAROLINA SHORE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 5F-10F WARMER THAN NORMAL ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER ON SATURDAY BUT STILL REMAINING WARMER THAN NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... FOLLOWING SATURDAY DISTURBANCE...UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. THE LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTH AND BY THE AFTERNOON...PULSE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. THIS PATTERN OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. LOOKING BEYOND THE EXTENDED...A COLD FRONT MAY CLEAR THINGS OUT BY NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM AND MUGGY UNTIL THIS COLD FRONT PASSES EAST OF THE AREA. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 140 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MOST FAVORED LOCATIONS BEING SRN WV/SW VA INTO SOUTHSIDE VA. FOR TAFS...HAVE VCTS IN AT BLF/BCB/ROA AND DAN. THINK CONVECTION WANES EARLY EVENING. MAINLY LOOKING AT VFR SCT TO BKN CU/TCU WITH SOME CBS. TONIGHT...SYSTEM UPSTREAM OVER NRN IL/INDIANA MAY SPILL MORE CLOUDS TOWARD THE MTNS BY DAWN WHICH COULD PRECLUDE ANY FOG FORMATION...THEREFORE LEFT FOG OUT OF LWB. THINK BCB WILL SEE A PERIOD OF MVFR VSBYS AROUND 09-12Z...BEFORE CLOUDS MOVE IN. THURSDAY MORNING...THINK SHRA/TSRA WILL BE CLOSING IN ON SE WV SO ADDED VCTS BACK IN AT LWB/BLF AROUND 15Z. EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... A BACKDOOR FRONT DIPS SOUTH TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE MASON-DIXON LINE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL INCREASE THE RANGE OF STORMS INTO MORE SCATTERED AND MULTICELLULAR AS OPPOSED TO PULSE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BETTER COVERAGE THROUGH THU NIGHT AND POTENTIALLY INTO FRIDAY. A WEAK FLOW PATTERN HOLDING OVER THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP THE STORM CHANCES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING SAT/SUN. AREAS OF IFR FOG REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING... PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT SEE RAIN THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON. THE MOST OPTIMAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS EACH DAY SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING AFTER FOG/LOW CLOUDS LIFT AND BURN OFF...AND BEFORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION REDEVELOPS. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... LOCATIONS RECORD HIGHS TODAY (6/18) ROANOKE 97/1925 LYNCHBURG 96/1944 DANVILLE 96/2007 BLACKSBURG 88/2007 TIED AS OF 300 PM TODAY BLUEFIELD 90/2007 LEWISBURG 88/2007 TIED AS OF 300 PM TODAY && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WP NEAR TERM...WP SHORT TERM...RCS LONG TERM...RCS AVIATION...AMS/PM/WP CLIMATE...WP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1203 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-191615- 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- 1203 PM EDT WED JUN 18 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. ALSO...SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF STORMS EACH DAY..WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. EACH DAY...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
529 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
NCZ020-182200-
YADKIN NC-
529 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROOKS CROSSROADS...MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 15 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
YADKINVILLE...
LONE HICKORY...
SHACKTOWN...
COURTNEY...
AND NEBO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.
&&
LAT...LON 3605 8086 3606 8087 3610 8088 3614 8088
3616 8087 3627 8055 3613 8050 3608 8052
3605 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 254DEG 15KT 3608 8078
16SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
NCZ018-182245-
WATAUGA NC-
545 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WESTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEECH MOUNTAIN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONE...
SUGAR GROVE...
BEECH MOUNTAIN...
LOVILL...
AND SILVERSTONE.
THIS INCLUDES APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE
WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE
TOSSED AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8179 3634 8176 3634 8173 3637 8173
3634 8172 3634 8170 3617 8159 3611 8181
3619 8185 3619 8188 3622 8191 3627 8189
3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 242DEG 6KT 3620 8190
11PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
550 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW KING 36.31N 80.39W
06/18/2014 STOKES NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
6 TO 8 TREES DOWN AT OLD RT 52 AND CHESTNUT GROVE ROAD
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW KING 36.32N 80.39W
06/18/2014 STOKES NC PUBLIC
SIDING DAMAGE TO HOUSES ALONG WITH TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
ON STERLING POINTE ROAD
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW KING 36.33N 80.38W
06/18/2014 STOKES NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWERLINES ON CARSON WATTS
ROAD.
&&
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 629 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 VAZ016-017-032-182300- FLOYD VA-PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA- 629 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEADOWS OF DAN...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STUART... WOOLWINE... LAUREL FORK... BUFFALO RIDGE... AND MEADOWS OF DAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS MAY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3669 8063 3677 8052 3684 8013 3658 8025 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 274DEG 9KT 3673 8046 16
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
707 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
VAZ016-182345-
CARROLL VA-
707 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FANCY GAP...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10
MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
CANA...
FANCY GAP...
PIPERS GAP...
GLADESBORO...
AND WOODLAWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 8084 3672 8084 3675 8058 3665 8060
3660 8063 3659 8062 3656 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 278DEG 9KT 3668 8075
16SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
746 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
VAZ034-190015-
BEDFORD VA-
746 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTVALE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD CITY...
MONTVALE...
AND THAXTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS MAY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 7946 3727 7977 3737 7979 3738 7977
3745 7948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 264DEG 10KT 3734 7970
16The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down. Damage values are estimated.
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