A few severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening of June 18th as subtle upper level disturbances passed across the central Appalachians. Thirty to forty knot winds in the mid levels of the atmosphere provided some difluence aloft, while strong surface heating due to upper level ridging across the southeast and mid-Atlantic states provided strong surface-based instability.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening of June 18th as subtle upper level disturbances passed across the central Appalachians. Thirty to forty knot winds in the mid levels of the atmosphere provided some difluence aloft, while strong surface heating due to upper level ridging across the southeast and mid-Atlantic states provided strong surface-based instability. Deep tropical moisture across the region provided precipitation loading to the storms, which added to the increased thunderstorm wind speeds.
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, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 243 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. A WEAK FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA WILL OSCILLATE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND AND BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL TO BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 210 PM EDT THURSDAY... CONVECTION FIRING THIS AFTERNOON IN BANDS/CLUSTERS ASSOCIATED WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL WESTERLY FLOW CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE WEST IN ADVANCE OF WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY HEADING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS BASICALLY AROUND A REGION OF LITTLE COVERAGE BASICALLY INCLUDING THE NEW/ROANOKE VALLEYS AND POINTS EAST WHERE WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO PUT A LID ON DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER INSTABILITY REMAINS VERY HIGH EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE SUPPORTED BY STRONG LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGING AND HIGH DCAPES. APPEARS AS THE WESTERLY FLOW WEAKENS WITH TIME INTO LATE AFTERNOON WILL SEE STORMS MIGRATE EAST WHERE THE BETTER SEVERE PULSE THREAT LOOKS TO EXIST. POPS THOUGH STILL TRICKY GIVEN LACK OF FORCING ALOFT AS MAINTAINING COVERAGE INTO THE EVENING A BIT MORE IFFY WITH MORE OF AN OUTFLOW DRIVEN SCENARIO LIKELY. THUS WILL MAINTAIN OVERALL CHANCE COVERAGE AND ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE SOME LIKELYS IN SPOTS PER TRENDS AT RELEASE. A BIT STRONGER SHORTWAVE ARRIVES ACROSS THE NW LATE TONIGHT WHICH COULD SUPPORT ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS REACHING PARTS OF SE WEST VA AND THE HIGHLANDS WHERE WILL BOOST POPS TO HIGH CHANCE/LOW LIKELYS LATE. OTRW WILL MAINTAIN THE SEVERE MENTION INTO THIS EVENING FOR ALL SITES IN THE HWO WHILE TRENDING MORE PC/MUGGY WITH SOME PATCHY FOG AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AGAIN BASICALLY 65-72 WITH COOLER VALUES WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL DOES DEVELOP. WAVE PASSES TO THE NE EARLY FRIDAY ALLOWING THE FRONT TO THE NORTH TO SAG BACK SOUTH TOWARD THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY. A BIT MORE CLOUDS TO INIT ALONG WITH POSSIBLE EARLIER SHRA...AND LOWER 85H TEMPS SUPPORTS A BIT COOLER HIGHS WITH 80S MOST SECTIONS AND ONLY LOWER 90S SOUTH/SE. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE REMAINS A BIT MORE PROBLEMATIC GIVEN WEAK SUPPORT ALOFT...WESTERLY FLOW AND LESS INSTABILITY. APPEARS BEST CHANCES PER LATEST ENSEMBLE WOULD BE OVER THE FAR WEST AND PERHAPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER WHERE BETTER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT. SINCE HARD TO PINPOINT A MORE WIDESPREAD LOCATION FOR STORMS WILL BUMP POPS TO HIGHER CHANCE IN THOSE AREAS AND TRIM BACK TO LOWER POPS NORTH/NE CLOSER TO THE FRONT. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 130 PM EDT THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BEFORE STALLING. THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP...IN ADDITION TO THE DIURNALLY BASED ACTIVITY THAT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE REGION. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL. ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS WILL BE A GENEROUS REGION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE...AND PROGGED WIND FIELDS AROUND IT AROUND 45 KTS AT 850 MB OVER THE REGION. THIS SCENARIO COULD SET THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINS...AND STRONG WINDS THAT COULD BRING DOWN TREES GIVEN HOW MOIST THE SURFACE MOISTURE WILL BECOME AROUND THE ROOT SYSTEMS WITH THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION. ALSO...STRONG SHEAR WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH ISOLATED SPIN UPS. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THE AXIS OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER OR JUST EAST OF THE AREA. WESTERN AREAS MAY SEE A WINTER-LIKE PATTERN IN TERMS OF LOW CLOUDS AND UPSLOPE RAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS THANKS TO A CONTINUATION OF STRONG 850 MB WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW...AND RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND MILDER DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST...WITH READINGS ABOVE NORMAL. BY SUNDAY...HIGHS WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. LOWS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH UPPER 60S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWER 70S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE GENERAL TREND OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYNOPTIC PATTERN TRANSITIONS INTO ONE WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA...AND A BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. IN BETWEEN...ACROSS OUR REGION...IS EXPECTED TO BE A PERSISTENT BAROCLINIC ZONE. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT ALONG NORTHWEST FLOW BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND UPPER LOW WILL BE PERIODIC SHORTWAVE TROUGHS RIDING ALONG THE FLOW...EACH ONE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS INTO AND ACROSS THE REGION. THESE FEATURES WILL HELP INCREASE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...IN ADDITION TO THE DIURNAL ACTIVITY THAT IS EXPECTED. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION. FOR NOW THE FORECAST WILL REFLECT THE GREATEST COVERAGE AS SCATTERED...BUT IF AN MCS IS AMONG ONE OF THESE FEATURES...COVERAGE WILL BE ON A LARGER SCALE. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE WARMEST ON MONDAY...AND THEN TREND SLIGHTLY COOLER TUESDAY...AND THEN STAY AT SIMILAR LEVELS FOR HIGHS AND LOWS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. FOR ALL TIME FRAMES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 1235 PM EDT THURSDAY... ANOTHER WARM MUGGY AFTERNOON IN STORE WITH AFTERNOON BUILD-UPS AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RESULTING IN BRIEF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ESPCLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ASIDE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT AND EARLY MORNING FOG...CONDITIONS TO REMAIN PRIMARILY VFR THROUGH THE VALID TAF PERIOD. WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE SOUTH...WINDS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH WILL RESULT IN WESTERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA...GUSTY AT TIMES ESPCLY THIS AFTERNOON. FOG AGAIN OVERNIGHT DEPENDENT UPON THE DEGREE OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH POTENTIAL TO SEE AREAS OF LIFR/IFR IN FOG/STRATUS IN THE VALLEYS LATE AND EVEN MVFR ELSEWHERE THAT RECEIVES A HEAVY SHOWER. FOR NOW WILL TREND TOWARD PERSISTENCE FROM LAST NIGHT AND INCLUDE A PERIOD OF MVFR IN FOG AT ALL LOCATIONS EXCLUDING KROA/KBLF...WITH MVFR AT KLYH/KDAN AND IFR AROUND KBCB/KLWB. REPEAT PERFORMANCE LIKELY ON FRIDAY WITH FOG GIVING WAY TO MORE BUILD-UPS BY AFTERNOON WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE INTO THE EVENING. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL BE WEAKEN WITH TIME AS THE REMNANTS OF TS BILL MOVE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. MODELS SUGGEST THE BEST LIFT OVER OUR AREA FROM TS BILL WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR LOOKS TO ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT IMPULSES TRACKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST MAY BRING A COUPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/STORMS AND POSSIBLE SUB-VFR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 430 AM EDT THURSDAY... RECORD HIGHS FOR THURSDAY JUNE 18TH... STATION RECORD HIGHS/YEAR ROANOKE 97/1925 LYNCHBURG 96/1944 DANVILLE 96/2007 BLACKSBURG 88/2014 BLUEFIELD 90/2007 LEWISBURG 89/2014 && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/NF NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS AVIATION...JH/NF/PM CLIMATE...JH/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 253 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>044-507-508-191900- 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- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 253 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. ANTICIPATE INCREASING GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AS SOIL MOISTURE INCREASES AROUND THE ROOT SYSTEM OF TREES...THEY WILL BECOME EASIER TO BE BLOWN DOWN BY WINDS GUSTING IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. ALSO...THERE WILL BE STRONG SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...THUS INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE FROM STORMS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 254 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 NCZ001-002-019-181930- WILKES-ASHE-ALLEGHANY- 254 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ASHE...NORTH CENTRAL WILKES AND WESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTIES... AT 253 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LAUREL SPRINGS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPARTA... LAUREL SPRINGS... MC GRADY... DOUGHTON PARK... AND TWIN OAKS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3629 8138 3648 8132 3655 8116 3642 8105 TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 243DEG 17KT 3641 8132 CF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 314 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 VAZ009-181945- SMYTH- 314 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SMYTH COUNTY... AT 314 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HUNGRY MOTHER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARION... CHILHOWIE... MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA... SUGAR GROVE... AND BROADFORD. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3693 8168 3694 8137 3676 8127 3681 8170 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 274DEG 24KT 3686 8154 RS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
317 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
VAZ032-182015-
PATRICK-
317 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTY...
AT 317 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUFFALO RIDGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOOLWINE...
MEADOWS OF DAN...
BUFFALO RIDGE...
FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...
AND CHARITY.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3673 8044 3674 8042 3674 8040 3676 8040
3687 8022 3685 8010 3684 8007 3679 8004
3679 8007 3678 8010 3674 8009 3661 8036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 242DEG 16KT 3673 8034
RSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 331 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 NCZ004-005-182030- ROCKINGHAM-STOKES- 331 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN STOKES AND WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 330 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CAPELLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAYODAN... MADISON... WALNUT COVE... STONEVILLE... AND DANBURY. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3626 8034 3640 8038 3650 7991 3625 7990 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 258DEG 15KT 3633 8027 RS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
333 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
WVZ043-182030-
SUMMERS-
333 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SUMMERS COUNTY...
AT 333 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER JUMPING BRANCH...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HINTON...
PIPESTEM...
SANDSTONE...
ELLISON...
AND INDIAN MILLS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3776 8067 3772 8066 3743 8086 3759 8109
3761 8106 3763 8107 3764 8107 3769 8098
3772 8097 3772 8095 3770 8091 3767 8090
3768 8088 3773 8090 3774 8092 3776 8089
3777 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 269DEG 10KT 3767 8097
RSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
359 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
VAZ035-046-047-182030-
BUCKINGHAM-APPOMATTOX-AMHERST-
359 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
APPOMATTOX...EAST CENTRAL AMHERST AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 359 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CENTENARY TO NEAR BENT CREEK TO FALCONERVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKINGHAM...
AMHERST...
DILLWYN...
BENT CREEK...
AND CENTENARY.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3762 7826 3734 7846 3736 7858 3740 7859
3735 7860 3755 7916 3756 7913 3759 7892
3754 7890 3754 7883 3763 7882 3764 7872
3770 7869 3768 7865 3771 7865 3776 7856
3773 7836 3769 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 281DEG 23KT 3772 7857 3759 7887 3754 7907
RSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 29 near Falconerville.
Trees were reported blown down along Elon Road, Oak Ridge Court, Kenmore Road and on River Road. A tree was blown down onto a home on Odins Bow Road. A tree was blown down onto a powerline on Orchard Drive.
A tree was blown down along Oakville Road.
A tree was blown down along Elkton Farm Road in the community of Forest.
Eight to ten trees were blown down along Wagon Wheel Road.
A tree was blown down at Holliday Lake State Park.
A severe thunderstorm snapped or uprooted 20 to 25 large trees. The storm also destroyed a building near the community of Hardy, which resulted in the death of a horse.
Three trees were blown down along Highway 122 near Lakeside Tire Company and Hardy Road.
Several large tree limbs were blown down along Clover Creek Road.
A tree was blown down along Marina Drive. Another tree was blown down along Gallows Road.
A tree was blown down along Blue Ridge Drive.
A tree was blown down along Deer View Road.
Two trees were blown down onto a power line along Silverleaf Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2015
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: 574589, 574598, 574602, 574593, 574585, 574586, 574583, 574578, 574587, 574588, 574584, 574580, 574581, 571978, 574582.