Upper level clouds from a thunderstorm complex arriving during the morning of June 26th cleared across the mountains of North Carolina into southern Virginia by early afternoon, allowing strong surface heating to take place. The heating provided instability for the remnants of a strong thunderstorm complex arriving from eastern Tennessee and Kentucky to allow a few storms to pulse upward to…
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Upper level clouds from a thunderstorm complex arriving during the morning of June 26th cleared across the mountains of North Carolina into southern Virginia by early afternoon, allowing strong surface heating to take place. The heating provided instability for the remnants of a strong thunderstorm complex arriving from eastern Tennessee and Kentucky to allow a few storms to pulse upward to severe levels.
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 26, 7:31 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 831 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...TRIGGERING INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 830 PM EDT FRIDAY... FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN VOID BETWEEN STORMS TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST. WW363 IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WESTERN VA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN WV IN ANTICIPATION OF ARRIVAL OF MCS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HRRR INDICATES ARRIVAL AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE AS A FOCUSSING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS/STORMS TO FOLLOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT. ENHANCEMENT OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE NIGHT AS EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INCREASES AFTER MIDNIGHT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIFT AND CONCENTRATION OF DEEPER MOISTURE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. FRONT OVER THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY...ALLOWING WINDS TO SHIFT SOUTHWESTERLY AREAWIDE. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL THREAT FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE SUPPORTING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PUSHES A BKN-SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS OUR AREA FROM THE WEST. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN... FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND FURTHER WEST AND NORTH WITH THE BRUNT OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW...KEEPING IT MORE CONFINED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN A FEW FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS OUR AREA...BELIEVE WE WILL NOT SEE ENOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO SUPPORT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. THAT SAID...WITH INCREASING EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW LATE TONIGHT...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR LOCALIZEDFLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM CELLS TO BECOME ANCHORED NEAR CREST OF BLUE RIDGE WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE THE GREATEST. CONFIDENCE IS JUST NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO PINPOINT EXACT LOCATION WHERE THE ANCHORING WILL OCCUR. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE BIG STORY DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE WINTERISH GRADIENT WINDS WE WILL EXPERIENCE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS. THE PARENT UPPER LOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY SLOWLY EASTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT FROM THE THUMB OF MICHIGAN TO NEAR ERIE PA. THE 850 MB FLOW AROUND THE LOW IS PROGGED TO PEAK IN THE 40 TO 50 KT RANGE AROUND 12Z SUNDAY. MOST AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TROUGH AT LEAST MID-DAY SUNDAY WILL SEE WIND GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS EXPERIENCING GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH 850 MB WINDS PROGGED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 KTS BY SUNSET SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BE CONFINED TO TWO MAIN AREAS. THERE WILL BE LINGERING SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA COINCIDENT TO AND BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. THE LAST FEW SHOWERS IN THIS PART OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY LINGER UNTIL 200 AM TO 500 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE OTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED UPSLOPE SHOWERS ACROSS THE PREFERRED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. COVERAGE WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY AS THE WIND SPEEDS SLACKEN. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COOLER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 70 TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. DRY AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT NO PRECIPITATION WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH UPPER 50S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. WHILE NO RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST...A FEW LOCATIONS WILL FALL TO READINGS WITHIN FIVE DEGREES OF RECORD LOWS. SEE THE CLIMATE SECTION OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS. ON MONDAY...THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE TROUGH. EXPECT A RETURN OF A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OF THE LOW LEVEL WINDS AND INCREASING DEW POINTS AND TEMPERATURES. WHILE NO PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR THE MORNING...SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 7 DEGREES MILDER THAN THOSE OF SUNDAY. ANTICIPATE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. ON MONDAY NIGHT...THE TROUGH AXIS OF THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM WILL START PROGRESSING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. STILL LITTLE OR NO COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 320 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA EACH DAY AND NIGHT. THE AXIS OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND TAKE ON A NW-SE ORIENTATION. THROUGH FRIDAY...LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL WAVES OF ENERGY MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE SOURCE OF THE FORECAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 800 PM EDT FRIDAY... VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS DEEP CONVECTION FROM THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH ON EXACT TIMING OF TSRA...THUS LEAVING OUT OF TAFS ATTM. MORE CONFIDENT ON INCREASING CLOUDS AND INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS PER INCREASING UPSLOPE EASTERLY FLOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT. MODELS HINT THAT CIGS COULD DROP TO IFR AFTER 06Z/2AM...BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASING COVERAGE OF RAIN COOLED AIR BEFORE FORECASTING THE LOW CIGS. PRIMARY CONCERN SATURDAY IS STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH IS FORECAST BY ALL MODELS TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH 40-50KT WESTERLY WINDS 3KFT AGL DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. ANTICIPATING BKN LINE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLEARING SATURDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE WITH POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING/OVERNIGHT. TIMING OF SHOWERS WITH THIS FRONT A BIT UNCERTAIN BUT COULD SEE PERIODS OF MVFR MONDAY NIGHT AND MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES TUESDAY...OTHERWISE VFR ACROSS THE EAST. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 300 PM EDT FRIDAY... JUNE 29TH RECORD LOWS BLACKSBURG...42 IN 1974 BLUEFIELD....52 IN 1970 DANVILLE.....54 IN 1968 LEWISBURG....49 IN 1981 LYNCHBURG....51 IN 1970 ROANOKE......44 IN 1919 && .EQUIPMENT... THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN LYNCHBURG...BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ...IS OPERATING ON THE SECONDARY TRANSMITTER. TECHNICIANS CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE AND HAVE ADVISED THAT BOTH TRANSMITTERS WONT BE FULLY OPERATIONAL UNTIL AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN HINTON WV...BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.425 MHZ...IS OFF THE AIR DUE TO A TELCO PROBLEM. THIRD PARTY TECHNICIANS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NF NEAR TERM...NF/PM SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS/WP AVIATION...PM CLIMATE... EQUIPMENT...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ010>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-272230- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WILKES-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WHERE CELLS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009-272230- TAZEWELL-SMYTH- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 363 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-272230- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
858 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
VAZ013-014-017-270130-
MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-PULASKI-
858 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 856 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER INDIAN VALLEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS OF 40 MPH TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
PILOT...
INDIAN VALLEY...
WILLIS...
AND GRAYSONTOWN.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3693 8063 3691 8066 3693 8068 3715 8044
3703 8027 3681 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 223DEG 21KT 3691 8058
MBSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
921 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0841 PM HAIL 1 WNW MAPLE SPRINGS 36.19N 81.41W
06/26/2015 E0.50 INCH WILKES NC NWS EMPLOYEE
DIME SIZED HAIL FELL ALONG ROUTE 421 OUTSIDE OF MAPLE
SPRINGS NORTH CAROLINA.
0911 PM HAIL 5 NE TODD 36.35N 81.53W
06/26/2015 E1.00 INCH ASHE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL WITHIN THE BALDWIN COMMUNITY IN
ASHE COUNTY NC.
&&
JMORROWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 925 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 VAZ014-017-270200- MONTGOMERY-FLOYD- 925 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 924 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COPPER VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS OF 30 MPH TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHRISTIANSBURG... PILOT... CROCKETT SPRINGS... COPPER VALLEY... AND TERRYS FORK. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3691 8040 3701 8055 3718 8040 3706 8020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 222DEG 19KT 3701 8045 MBS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
940 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0846 PM HAIL 5 ENE BOTTOM 36.50N 80.68W
06/26/2015 E0.25 INCH SURRY NC PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL FELL ALONG WEST PINE ST. JUST WEST OF
MOUNT AIRY, NC.
&&
JMORROWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
945 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM HAIL 2 SW JEFFERSON 36.40N 81.49W
06/26/2015 E0.88 INCH ASHE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYYE REPORTS NICKEL SIZED HAIL WITHIN THE TOWN OF
WEST JEFFERSON IN ASHE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
JMORROWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
948 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
NCZ018-270215-
WATAUGA-
948 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WATAUGA COUNTY...
AT 946 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER REESE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEORIA...
AND REESE.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3630 8190 3631 8188 3633 8187 3635 8183
3635 8178 3626 8186 3627 8187 3629 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 216DEG 27KT 3635 8186
MBSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down along Coxs Chapel Road.
Multiple trees were blown down across portions of Elk Creek Parkway, County Road and Wagon Wheel Road.
Tree limbs less than an inch in diameter and a few roof shingles were blown down in the Richlands area during a thunderstorm. Dime-size hail was also observed.
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: 576916, 576917, 576918.