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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV

August 3, 2021Pleasants County, Ritchie County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

239 
WUUS51 KRLX 032209
SVRRLX
WVC073-085-032300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0101.210803T2209Z-210803T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
609 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Northwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of North Bend State Park, or 10 miles west of Harrisville, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  North Bend State Park, Ellenboro, Cairo, Hebron, Pike, Nutter Farm,
  Maxwell, Petroleum and Highland.

This includes Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 26 and
38.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Please report severe weather to the National Weather Service by
calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely.

You may also report severe weather by posting your report to the
Charleston West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or
by using the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 8101 3934 8099 3935 8098 3934 8096
      3911 8122 3914 8130 3943 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 211DEG 20KT 3916 8124 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPY
2 follow-up statements
279 
WWUS51 KRLX 032228
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
628 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

WVC073-085-032300-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210803T2300Z/
Pleasants WV-Ritchie WV-
628 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLEASANTS AND NORTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTIES...

At 628 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near North Bend
State Park, or 7 miles northwest of Harrisville, moving northeast at
25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellenboro, Cairo, Hebron, Pike, Nutter Farm, Maxwell and Highland. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 8101 3934 8099 3935 8098 3934 8096
      3917 8119 3920 8126 3943 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 211DEG 20KT 3925 8117 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPY
733 
WWUS51 KRLX 032241
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
641 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

WVC073-085-032250-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210803T2300Z/
Pleasants WV-Ritchie WV-
641 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLEASANTS AND
NORTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3936 8101 3934 8099 3935 8098 3934 8096
      3917 8119 3920 8126 3943 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 211DEG 20KT 3931 8112 

$$
RPY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane27 min
Aug 3, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Roane, Wirt41 min
Aug 3, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRitchie34 min
Aug 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPutnam27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.