A stalled front was situated over southwest Virginia on the afternoon of June 28. Diurnal heating destabilized the atmosphere, leading to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon focusing around the frontal boundary.
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A stalled front was situated over southwest Virginia on the afternoon of June 28. Diurnal heating destabilized the atmosphere, leading to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon focusing around the frontal boundary.
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 28, 12:22 PM EST, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 122 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WHEN A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. WITH THIS AIRMASS IN PLACE, AND VERY LITTLE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN, THE AREA CAN EXPECT DAILY CHANCES OF SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD AIRMASS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE SEVERAL DAYS OF ALREADY ACCUMULATED RAINFALL, AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS. THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT TUESDAY WILL BRING IN A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS AND LOWER POP CHANCES BY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW/... AS OF 100 PM EST SATURDAY... KEY MESSAGES: 1) SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WITH AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. CHANCES FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS A THE AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WARM AND HUMID ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO MID AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT ON SUNDAY, WHICH MEANS THAT THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRIMARILY BE TERRAIN AND OUTFLOW INDUCED ONCE DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES ENOUGH TO LIFT PARCELS TO THEIR LFC. AGAIN, WITH NOT MUCH FLOW IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OUTSIDE OF A 30-40 KNOT WEAK JET AT THE 250MB LEVEL IN EASTERN VIRGINIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MEANDER AND FLOW ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT BEHIND FROM PREVIOUS STORMS DOWNBURSTS. INITIAL INSTABILITY VALUES LOOK TO BE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS THIS WEEK, WITH HREF ENSEMBLE MEAN SBCAPE FORECAST IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE. DCAPE VALUES LOOK TO BE ON PAR IF NOT SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, WITH FORECAST VALUES IN THE 700-900 J/KG RANGE. THIS WILL STILL LEAD TO A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD LEAD TO STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED HAIL. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE BIGGEST THREAT, WITH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WHERE THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS DOWNBURSTS OCCUR. OVERALL, EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE SEASONAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WITH HIGHS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE LOW 90S, AND TEMPERATURES WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. EARLY MORNING FOG CAN'T BE RULED OUT, ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT SEE RAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM TODAY'S SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 1210 PM EDT SATURDAY... KEY MESSAGES: 1. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 2. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO BEGIN THE WORK WEEK. A STALLED FRONT ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY. WITH THE AREA REMAINING IN THE WARM SECTOR, HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL RUN 3F TO 6F WARMER THAN NORMAL, RANGING FROM THE LOWER 80S TO LOWER 90S. AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND MAINLY CONFIDED TO THE MOUNTAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PULSE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING TO THE VA/NC COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING AN ORGANIZED LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAINLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM EDT SATURDAY... KEY MESSAGES: 1. THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. 2. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. COOLER, DRIER WEATHER WILL SUCCEED THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST, WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY. THIS EASTERLY FLOW WILL BRING ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO THE REGION INCREASING THE HUMIDITY STARTING FRIDAY. MODELS ARE DOWNPLAYING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE MID 80 TO MID 90S BY THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 100 PM EDT SATURDAY... PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, WHICH MAY BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR TO LIFR RESTRICTIONS TO TERMINALS. THIS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY THE 10PM-12PM TIMEFRAME ACROSS ALL TERMINALS. AREAS THAT SEE THE MOST RAINFALL WILL AGAIN HAVE A CHANCE FOR SUB-VFR CIGS AND VSBYS DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. THESE RESTRICTIONS SHOULD LIFT AGAIN BY THE 13-15 UTC TIMEFRAME FOR ALL TERMINALS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK... HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS AND LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG. A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA BY TUESDAY WILL BRING A BETTER COVERAGE OF STORMS AND BETTER CHANCE OF SUB-VFR. THIS FRONT SHOULD BRING IN ENOUGH DRY AIR TO REDUCE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO BEING MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK OUTSIDE OF ANY RIVER VALLEY FOG THAT MAY DEVELOP NEAR BCB AND LWB. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...EB NEAR TERM...EB SHORT TERM...RCS LONG TERM...RCS AVIATION...EB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 134 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025 NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-291745- Rockingham-Caswell-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham- Halifax-Charlotte- 134 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Strong to severe storms possible this afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging winds. Storms will also be capable of heavy rain, leading to localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe storms possible Sunday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging winds. Storms will also be capable of heavy rain, leading to localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-WVZ042>044-507- 508-291745- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-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-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- Western Greenbrier- 134 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025 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. Strong to severe storms possible this afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging winds. Storms will also be capable of heavy rain, leading to localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe storms possible Sunday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging winds. Storms will also be capable of heavy rain, leading to localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Kentucky Avenue.
A 73 mile per hour gust was measured at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.
A large tree limb was snapped off by thunderstorm winds and fell onto a utility wire on Grove Lane.
Two outbuildings were destroyed by thunderstorm winds along Old Shannon Gap Road. One shed was lifted off of its foundation by the thunderstorm winds and moved at least 30 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2025
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: 1279410, 1279412, 1279414, 1279416.