A warm front lifted north across the region during the day. Showers and storms developed within the unstable air to its south by the afternoon.
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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.
A warm front lifted north across the region during the day. Showers and storms developed within the unstable air to its south by the afternoon. Some of these storms increased to severe levels. A thunderstorm complex moved along the front during the evening hours and brought an additional round of severe weather to parts of the area.
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 20, 12:16 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT TRAILED FROM THE OHIO VALLEY DOWN ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT...THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT...THEN INTO VIRGINIA ON SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 115 PM EDT FRIDAY... A WARM FRONT REMAINS OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL TRACK SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARM FRONT IS ORIENTED FROM NW TO SE AND IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NW TO SE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AS THE WARM FRONT SHIFTS NORTH...SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL ALSO ADVANCE NORTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MODEST CAPE VALUES ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD DOWN BY CLOUD COVER. THIS CLOUD COVER WILL THIN OUT THROUGH THE DAY...WHICH WILL THEN INCREASE INSTABILITIES AS HEATING IS MAXIMIZED. VERTICAL SHEAR IS MARGINAL BUT INSTABILITIES WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE MULTICELLAR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. CONVECTION WILL FADE SOME WITH LOSE OF HEATING BUT ONLY TO GIVE WAY TO A MESOSCALE SYSTEM ENTERING THE AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. SPC HAS UPGRADED THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY TO A SLIGHT RISK. EXPECT THIS SLIGHT RISK TO MOVE EASTWARD AS THE MCS CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND SHOWS IT TRUE PATH. AS OF 400 AM EDT FRIDAY... WARM FRONT...MAINLY INDICATED AROUND 850 MB...ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION AND KEEP DEEPER MOISTURE IN THE AREA TODAY. AGAIN EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SIMILAR TO THURSDAY...HIGH CLOUDS WILL CUT BACK ON HEATING IN THE MORNING AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY IN THE AFTERNOON. STILL ENOUGH CAPE...FORECAST TO BE AROUND 1500 J/KG...FOR A THREAT OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 00Z/8PM. HRRR BRINGS PRECIPITATION IN TO THE FORECAST AROUND 17Z/1PM. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDED COOLER WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. HIGH WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH HIGH CLOUDS FROM THIS MORNING CAN ERODE BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. SHORT WAVE OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST...REACHING WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA JUST AFTER 00Z AND SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCREASED PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST PROBABILITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 320 AM EDT FRIDAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SATURDAY MORNING AND REACHES EASTERN VIRGINIA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NAM...GFS AND ECMWF SUPPORT GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AS DISTURBANCE TRACKS EASTWARD ALONG THE THETA-E BOUNDARY. INCREASED POPS FOR SATURDAY ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING. SPC SWODY2 HAS PLACED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH A SEE TEXT IN EASTERN CAROLINAS. WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION SATURDAY...LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH READINGS FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO UPPER 80S IN THE PIEDMONT. AFTER THE DISTURBANCE EXITS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING...A SLIGHT COOLER AND DRY AIRMASS WILL TEMPORARY BUILD OVER THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 60 DEGREES IN THE WEST TO THE MID 60S IN THE EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE PROGGED TO BE CENTERED EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY...AND SLOWLY BUILDS SOUTHWARD. DECREASED POPS FOR SUNDAY AS A NORTHERLY FLOW AND LESS INSTABILITIES SHOULD LEAD TO LESS CONVECTION. WITH CAUTION...HELD ON TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS WAS MORE ROBUST WITH CONVECTION COMPARED TO ECMWF AND NAM FOR SUNDAY. WENT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID 80S IN THE PIEDMONT. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OVERNIGHT SUNDAY MAY KEEP A FEW SHOWERS ONGOING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 60S. LEANED TOWARDS HPCGUIDE FOR MONDAY WITH PULSE STORM AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. TAPER OFF SCATTERED STORMS TO ISOLATED SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 PM EDT THURSDAY... TUESDAY COULD BE A MIX OF CONVECTION FROM PULSE STORMS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TRANSITIONING TO PREFRONTAL CONVECTION IN THE EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE BEST AREAL COVERAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS BEING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. THE COLD FRONT MAY WASHOUT OR STALL WITH THE DEW POINT FRONT HANGING BACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. UNDER HEATING...SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY FIRE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE VA/NC BORDER. && .AVIATION /17Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 115 PM EDT FRIDAY... PATCHES MVFR CLOUDS WILL LIFT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. ENOUGH HEATING AND DECENT INSTABILITY FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SLOW MOVING NW TO SE TRACKING STORMS EXPECTED AT BLF/LWB BETWEEN 19Z/2P-02Z/10. HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WHILE CONFIDENCE FOR A STORM TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF KROA/KBCB/KLYH/KDAN AT A GIVEN TIME IS VERY LOW. A STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL REACH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. HAVE KEPT CEILINGS VFR AT KROA/KBCB/KLYH AND KDAN WITH SHOWERS...MAINLY AFTER 05Z/1AM SATURDAY. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF MVFR CEILINGS FOR KLWB/KBLF WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... A WEAK FLOW PATTERN HOLDING OVER THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP THE STORM CHANCES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING SAT/SUN BUT COVERAGE FOR NOW LOOKS A BIT LESS EACH DAY BEHIND THE PASSING IMPULSE FROM SATURDAY MORNING. DEEPER MOISTURE LOOKS TO RETURN NORTH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH BETTER COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS ON MONDAY. 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. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AMS NEAR TERM...AMS/RCS SHORT TERM...KK LONG TERM...RCS AVIATION...RCS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1111 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-211515- 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- 1111 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RCS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-201915-
ROCKINGHAM NC-CASWELL NC-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
233 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR DANVILLE CITY TO NEAR AXTON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...
MAYFIELD...
BLAIRS...
DANVILLE CITY...
AND AXTON.
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 3642 7967 3667 7975 3672 7930 3656 7921
3655 7922 3654 7920 3645 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 335DEG 9KT 3656 7943 3666 7967
MBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
246 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL 4 WNW MADISON 36.40N 80.05W
06/20/2014 E0.50 INCH STOKES NC PUBLIC
DIME SIZE HAIL.
&&
WHPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
252 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 PM HAIL 2 N MADISON 36.42N 79.97W
06/20/2014 E0.50 INCH ROCKINGHAM NC PUBLIC
DIME SIZED HAIL.
&&
WHPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
253 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
NCZ004-005-VAZ032-043-202000-
ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-
253 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PENNS STORE...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDEN...
WENTWORTH...
SPENCER...
STONEVILLE...
AND RIDGEWAY.
LAT...LON 3651 8017 3667 8007 3657 7971 3654 7971
3654 7965 3631 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 296DEG 12KT 3657 8005
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
259 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
VAZ023-034-201930-
BEDFORD VA-BOTETOURT VA-
259 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTVALE...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEWARTSVILLE...
MONTVALE...
GOODVIEW...
THAXTON...
AND BLUE RIDGE.
LAT...LON 3725 7951 3719 7976 3721 7978 3723 7978
3722 7980 3722 7983 3742 7985 3748 7966
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 342DEG 10KT 3739 7974
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
318 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
VAZ007-009-202015-
SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-
318 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BREAKS
INTERSTATE TO NEAR DAVENPORT...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHLANDS...
JEWELL RIDGE...
GLEN BURKE...
RAVEN...
AND BROADFORD.
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 3715 8189 3717 8186 3720 8176 3724 8173
3688 8149 3694 8182 3696 8178 3700 8179
3705 8182 3711 8189 3715 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 286DEG 22KT 3733 8230 3704 8207
MBSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew a down a few four inch diameter limbs on Kings Mountain Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down at Raven Rock Road and Doe Run Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down on Pedigo Ridge Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down along Mollies Creek Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a couple dozen trees down near Brookneal. Multiple trees were blown down near Swinging Bridge Road, and others were blown down along Highway 40, blocking the traffic flow both ways. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down near a fish hatchery. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down powerlines near a mobile home. The sparks set trees on fire. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a couple of trees down near the intersection of Goode and Goode Station Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew numerous large tree limbs down on Arcadia Road, approximately 1.5 miles from Interstate 81. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew two trees down between Phenix and Charlotte Court House. Damage values are estimated.
Flash flooding resulted in the closure of US Route 29S. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 529707, 529711, 529712, 529714, 530622, 529717, 529722, 529726, 529730, 529732, 529737, 529742, 529744.