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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 14, 2021Marion County, Wetzel County, West Virginia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 6:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFolsom, WVNUMEROUS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZHancock36 min
Jun 14, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZBrooke36 min
Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke, Hancock29 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonongalia, Preston27 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarshall50 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonongalia, Preston31 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel30 min
Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel16 min
Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia28 min
Jun 14, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZWetzel40 min
Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWetzel29 min
Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPBZMarion, Monongalia111 min
Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston33 min
Jun 14, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPBZMarion27 min
Jun 14, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker39 min
Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarion72 min
Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston, Tucker33 min
Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTucker32 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.