Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT for Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 22 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 14, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 7:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marion County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 14, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Folsom, WV | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. MUCH OF THE TOWN IS WITHOUT POWER. |
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 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
009
WUUS51 KPBZ 142239
SVRPBZ
WVC049-103-142315-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SV.W.0049.210614T2239Z-210614T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
639 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Wetzel County in northern West Virginia...
Southwestern Marion County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 639 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jacksonburg,
or 13 miles west of Mannington, moving southeast at 30 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...
Grangeville... Folsom...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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 3944 8056 3943 8058 3945 8058 3944 8061
3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8069
3947 8071 3952 8075 3961 8060 3945 8034
3944 8035 3947 8049 3946 8051 3943 8052
3943 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 296DEG 27KT 3951 8059
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
446
WWUS51 KPBZ 142301
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
701 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
WVC049-103-142310-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210614T2315Z/
Wetzel WV-Marion WV-
701 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WETZEL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3944 8056 3943 8058 3945 8058 3944 8061
3947 8065 3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8069
3947 8071 3952 8075 3961 8060 3945 8034
3944 8035 3947 8049 3946 8051 3943 8052
3943 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 296DEG 27KT 3944 8040
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 111 min |
| Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 72 min |
| Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 32 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.