Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 2:40 PM EDT for Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia; Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2021, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, OH, Marion County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Pine Grove, WV | TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG ROUTE 20 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
695
WUUS51 KPBZ 131840
SVRPBZ
OHC111-WVC049-103-131915-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.210613T1840Z-210613T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
240 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Monroe County in east central Ohio...
Wetzel County in northern West Virginia...
West central Marion County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 240 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New
Martinsville, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power
outages.
* Locations impacted include...
New Martinsville... Pine Grove...
Jacksonburg... Sardis...
Smithfield... Porters Falls...
Wileyville... Big Run...
Hannibal... Reader...
Folsom...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3943 8058 3945 8058 3945 8060 3944 8060
3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8071
3955 8078 3956 8082 3960 8085 3959 8088
3966 8092 3972 8078 3972 8072 3953 8048
3948 8047 3948 8049 3944 8052 3943 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 326DEG 21KT 3964 8077
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
401
WWUS51 KPBZ 131855
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
255 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
OHC111-WVC049-103-131915-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210613T1915Z/
Monroe OH-Wetzel WV-Marion WV-
255 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...CENTRAL WETZEL AND WEST CENTRAL MARION
COUNTIES...
At 255 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pine Grove, or
8 miles southeast of New Martinsville, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power
outages.
Locations impacted include...
New Martinsville... Pine Grove...
Jacksonburg... Smithfield...
Porters Falls... Wileyville...
Big Run... Reader...
Folsom...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3962 8089 3970 8069 3957 8053 3953 8048
3948 8047 3948 8049 3944 8052 3943 8054
3943 8058 3945 8058 3945 8060 3944 8060
3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8071
3955 8078 3956 8082 3960 8085 3959 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 326DEG 21KT 3959 8072
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$350
WWUS51 KPBZ 131905
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
305 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
OHC111-131915-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210613T1915Z/
Monroe OH-
305 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3956 8080 3965 8063 3963 8060 3957 8053
3953 8048 3948 8047 3948 8049 3944 8052
3943 8054 3943 8058 3945 8058 3945 8060
3944 8060 3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067
3947 8071 3955 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 326DEG 21KT 3954 8068
$$
WVC049-103-131915-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210613T1915Z/
Wetzel WV-Marion WV-
305 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WETZEL AND WEST CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
At 305 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pine Grove, or
12 miles east of Middlebourne, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines, resulting in some power
outages.
Locations impacted include...
Pine Grove... Jacksonburg...
Smithfield... Big Run...
Reader... Folsom...
Wileyville...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3956 8080 3965 8063 3963 8060 3957 8053
3953 8048 3948 8047 3948 8049 3944 8052
3943 8054 3943 8058 3945 8058 3945 8060
3944 8060 3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067
3947 8071 3955 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 326DEG 21KT 3954 8068
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$212
WWUS51 KPBZ 131918
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
318 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
WVC049-103-131928-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210613T1915Z/
Wetzel WV-Marion WV-
318 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WETZEL AND WEST
CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3956 8080 3965 8063 3963 8060 3957 8053
3953 8048 3948 8047 3948 8049 3944 8052
3943 8054 3943 8058 3945 8058 3945 8060
3944 8060 3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067
3947 8071 3955 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 326DEG 21KT 3948 8063
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 20 min |
| Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 118 min |
| Jun 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 117 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble, Tuscarawas | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Noble | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Muskingum | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Guernsey, Noble | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 25 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.