A stacked low over the Ohio Valley pulled a warm front through northern North Carolina in the afternoon. The upper level support from upper level disturbances rotating around the low allowed storms to develop and grow in intensity.
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A stacked low over the Ohio Valley pulled a warm front through northern North Carolina in the afternoon. The upper level support from upper level disturbances rotating around the low allowed storms to develop and grow in intensity. A few of these storms produced 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 19, 8:39 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 426 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 NCZ005-006-VAZ007-009>014-017>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>044-507-508-200830- Rockingham-Caswell-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski- Montgomery-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt- Rockbridge-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell- Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe- Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 426 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight may bring heavy rainfall. Localized flooding is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms through the remainder of the week may cause localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Reports should be submitted by phone by calling 1-866-215-4324, social media, by email at rnk.skywarn@noaa.gov or online at www.weather.gov/rnk. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ015-016-032-200830- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll- Patrick- 426 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and scattered thunderstorms will move across the area today into tonight. Some of the storms may become strong to severe with isolated damaging winds possible. Also, heavy downpours from multiple rounds of rain may lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will continue through the week. Torrential downpours on increasingly wet ground may lead to more of a flooding threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Reports should be submitted by phone by calling 1-866-215-4324, social media, by email at rnk.skywarn@noaa.gov or online at www.weather.gov/rnk.
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:53 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
About 10 trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in an area stretching from Hanging Rock State Park to Lawsonville.
A lightning strike set a log shed on fire.
One tree was downed by thunderstorm winds along South Wilson Street.
One tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on Paisley Road near Smothers Road.
One tree was downed by thunderstorm winds in the 3200 block of the Vance Street Extension.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2023
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: 1111336, 1111337, 1111329, 1111328, 1111326.