Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2026

Name: Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2026
Start: 2026-06-27T13:25
End: 2026-06-27T15:58
Location: Virginia

June 27, 2026 · NWS RNK · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $11,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

Multiple mesoscale convective vortices triggered a line of storms that brought damaging wind gusts the New River Valley and the Piedmont. Mesoscale conditions were not the most ideal for severe weather development. Bulk shear struggled to get above 20 knots, mid-level lapse rates were about 5.5 C/km, and DAPE only up went up 500 J/kg. However, sufficient surface heating and moisture resulted in CAPE of at least 1000 J/kg which allowed for some decent thunderstorm development after the MCV trigger. There was one notable storm that brought down a swath of trees in Roanoke County and went straight eastward and brought more trees down in Charlotte County. Broad rotation was noted in the SRV data by the time it reached Charlotte County with a 59.3 mph velocity gate recorded at around 7250 feet.

What forecasters said that day

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 27, 12:50 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

1) Scattered/numerous showers/storms this afternoon/tonight and again Sunday. Less coverage/chances next week. Some storms could be strong. 2) Hot and humid conditions will take place by the middle of next week.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:50 PM EST, 35 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
150 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Aviation updated.

Forecast updated mainly to account for scattered to numerous
showers/storm chances this afternoon based on radar and again
Sunday. Beyond Sunday still heating up with limited storm
chances.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Scattered/numerous showers/storms this afternoon/tonight and
again Sunday. Less coverage/chances next week. Some storms could
be strong.

2) Hot and humid conditions will take place by the middle of
next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Showers/storms off and on through Sunday, some
strong, less coverage next week.

Will see several disturbances move across/near the area into
Sunday ahead of a slow moving backdoor front. This front then
stalls/weakens by Monday.

For this afternoon. multiple MCVs will influence the region as
they progress east-southward generally toward Kentucky and
Tennessee. Our region has been under a canopy of clouds which
has limited instability, though sunshine has broken out across
our NC counties, as this area should increase in instability,
and therefore will be the area to watch for strong storms this
afternoon, capable of wind damage.

Another MCV/MCS should spread east southeast into the upper TN
Valley late tonight. Same as today, clouds will limit storms,
but models do have more sunshine tomorrow but its mainly behind
the shortwave, so a few strong storms are possible but would be
widely scattered in the afternoon.

Ridge building next week will limit storm coverage.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Hot and humid conditions will take place by the
middle of next week.

A broad upper level ridge should build northeastward from the
lower Mississippi River Valley towards the Ohio River Valley
between Monday and Wednesday. This ridge could become centered
overhead by Thursday and Friday. While chances of showers and
thunderstorms should lessen due to capping aloft, the bigger
impact will be the increasing heat and humidity. Temperatures
should jump notably by Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the
90s for most locations and even a few spots east of the Blue
Ridge may break 100 degrees. Heat indices could reach the lower
100s across the Piedmont. The models show considerable
differences by the end of next week, but there may be upper
level troughing across southeastern Canada that could cause the
ridge to gradually weaken and retrograde.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Showers/few storms will be scattered about this afternoon and
confidence is moderate to high on all terminals seeing at least
a 1-3 hour period of showers/possible storms between 18z and
00z. Expect sub-VFR as low as IFR at times in heavier downpours.

Tonight, shower activity will diminish but not completely end
and could see another cluster of showers moving toward BLF
between 06 and 12z Sunday, but majority of the models keep a
lot of this activity south of a BLF-DAN line.

Will likely see IFR cigs coupled with IFR to MVFR vsbys
overnight at all terminals, as low level moisture ramps up.

Some scattering out by 18z Sunday is possible but for now kept
most sites with broken MVFR to VFR cigs through the end of the
taf period.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...
A wave moves east Sunday afternoon so expect some VFR, and
storms should be widely scattered. Monday, high pressure
settles into the region, and ridging looks to build over the
central/eastern Conus, providing several days of likely VFR
conditions across the region through the middle of next week
outside any late night fog in the mountain valleys.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...None.
NC...None.
WV...None.

&&

DISCUSSION...PW/WP
AVIATION...EB/WP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 1:32 AM EST, 11 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
232 AM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

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WVZ042>044-507-508-280645-
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-
232 AM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

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...Today and tonight.

A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening. Damaging winds are the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Heat indices could reach the lower 100s during Wednesday through
Friday across the Piedmont.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:17 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1217 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

VAZ014-018-022-023-271715-
Botetourt VA-Montgomery VA-Craig VA-Roanoke VA-
1217 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT
ROANOKE...CRAIG...SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...THE CITY OF SALEM AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE THROUGH 115 PM
EDT...

At 1214 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Paint Bank to near Poplar Hill. Movement
was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. Heavy rain will result in ponding
         of water on roadways and standing water in low lying areas.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Roanoke...
Blacksburg...
Salem...
Christiansburg...
Vinton...
Troutville...
and New Castle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3765 7974 3722 7988 3717 8002 3716 8009
      3712 8015 3718 8056 3720 8052 3721 8052
      3718 8058 3719 8060 3723 8062 3725 8061
      3727 8051 3731 8043 3740 8047 3749 8036
      3751 8030 3753 8028 3753 8031 3756 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 256DEG 30KT 3754 8034 3715 8076

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RS

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:15 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
115 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

VAZ014-017-022-033-271745-
Franklin VA-Floyd VA-Montgomery VA-Roanoke VA-
115 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT ROANOKE...NORTHEASTERN
FLOYD...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...THE CITY OF SALEM AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...

At 112 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Shawsville, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain will result in ponding of water on roadways and
         standing water in low lying areas. The duration of heavy
         rain may last 20 to 30 minutes. Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Roanoke...
Salem...
Vinton...
Boones Mill...
Copper Hill...
Shawsville...
and Bent Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 7991 3727 7985 3703 7989 3708 8034
      3729 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 274DEG 20KT 3717 8023

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RS

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:49 PM EST, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
149 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

VAZ033-034-271815-
Franklin VA-Bedford VA-
149 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

At 147 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Moneta to near Callaway. Movement was east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain will result in ponding of water on roadways and
         standing water in low lying areas. The duration of heavy
         rain may last 10 to 15 minutes. Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Rocky Mount...
Boones Mill...
Huddleston...
Moneta...
Penhook...
Burnt Chimney...
and Northwest Smith Mountain Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 7944 3706 7949 3703 7948 3702 7946
      3701 7948 3705 7954 3703 7956 3704 7960
      3699 7961 3697 7977 3702 8011 3703 8010
      3706 8012 3707 8011 3725 7967 3718 7937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 276DEG 25KT 3721 7967 3706 8005

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RS

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:16 PM EST, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
216 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

VAZ033-034-044-045-271845-
Franklin VA-Campbell VA-Bedford VA-Pittsylvania VA-
216 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN
CAMPBELL...NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

At 215 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Huddleston to Western Smith Mountain Lake.
Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain will result in ponding of water on roadways and
         standing water in low lying areas. The duration of heavy
         rain may last 10 to 15 minutes. Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Altavista...
Hurt...
Huddleston...
Penhook...
Evington...
Leesville...
and Southern Smith Mountain Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 7912 3688 7948 3702 7979 3725 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 286DEG 26KT 3720 7955 3704 7972

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RS

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:23 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke

When: June 27, 1:25 PM EST to 1:26 PM EST
Where: Roanoke County, 1.39 mi WNW of Adney Gap to 1.06 mi WNW of Adney Gap
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.137, -80.153

Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees, snapping several in half, and brought down many large branches west of the community of Bent Mountain. Most of the reported damage was in a corridor near the intersection of Bottom Creek Road and Rocky Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte

When: June 27, 3:49 PM EST
Where: Charlotte County, 1.3 mi WNW of Womacks
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 37.090, -78.720

A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds across Hillcroft Road in between railroad tracks and Austin Creek.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte

When: June 27, 3:58 PM EST
Where: Charlotte County, 0.03 mi S of Cullen
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Utility Company
Coordinates: 37.120, -78.650

A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds near Thomas Jefferson Highway and the Cullen Volunteer Fire Department in the Community of Cullen.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 1342448, 1342444, 1342446.