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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Charleston, WV

August 13, 20214 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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: Aug 13, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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
Aug 13, 2:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Culloden, WV	REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.
Aug 13, 2:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Teays Valley, WV	REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

476 
WUUS51 KRLX 131803
SVRRLX
WVC011-039-043-079-131830-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0105.210813T1803Z-210813T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
203 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Cabell County in central West Virginia...
  Western Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
  Southwestern Putnam County in western West Virginia...
  Northeastern Lincoln County in central West Virginia...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 203 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Culloden, or
  near Hamlin, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Winfield, St. Albans, Hurricane, Milton, Eleanor, Culloden,
  Tornado, Teays Valley and Alum Creek.

This includes Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 26
and 42.
 
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 3850 8209 3848 8206 3852 8206 3859 8189
      3828 8184 3831 8216 3847 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 261DEG 18KT 3837 8208 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

265 
WWUS51 KRLX 131816
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
216 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

WVC011-039-043-079-131830-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210813T1830Z/
Cabell WV-Kanawha WV-Putnam WV-Lincoln WV-
216 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CABELL...WESTERN KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

At 216 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hurricane, or 9
miles northeast of Hamlin, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Winfield, St. Albans, Hurricane, Milton, Eleanor, Culloden, Tornado,
Teays Valley and Alum Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8210 3848 8206 3852 8206 3859 8189
      3828 8184 3831 8211 3845 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 261DEG 18KT 3838 8200 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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093 
WWUS51 KRLX 131827
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
227 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

WVC011-039-043-079-131837-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210813T1830Z/
Cabell WV-Kanawha WV-Putnam WV-Lincoln WV-
227 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CABELL...WESTERN
KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3849 8210 3848 8206 3852 8206 3859 8189
      3828 8184 3831 8211 3845 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 260DEG 18KT 3839 8195 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 2:48 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Cabell, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 6 more	14 hr
Aug 13, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	52 min
Aug 13, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	46 min
Aug 13, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	35 min
Aug 13, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	31 min
Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	40 min
Aug 13, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	33 min
Aug 13, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh	22 min
Aug 13, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	25 min
Aug 13, 4:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell	3 hr
Aug 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	46 min
Aug 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	23 min
Aug 13, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	32 min
Aug 13, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	35 min
Aug 13, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	33 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.