Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT for Cabell County, Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. 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
- Aug 13, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nnw Harts, WV | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
330
WUUS51 KRLX 131810
SVRRLX
WVC011-043-099-131845-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0106.210813T1810Z-210813T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
210 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Cabell County in central West Virginia...
Southwestern Lincoln County in central West Virginia...
Central Wayne County in western West Virginia...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 210 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlow, or 12
miles east of Louisa, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ranger, Gill, Kiahsville, Dunlow, Harts, East Lynn Lake, West
Hamlin, Wilsondale, East Lynn, Genoa and Branchland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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 3834 8227 3804 8196 3798 8215 3795 8229
3793 8232 3790 8242 3797 8248 3798 8246
3798 8248 3800 8249 3800 8251 3807 8255
3809 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 235DEG 23KT 3804 8239
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
142 follow-up statements
218
WWUS51 KRLX 131821
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
221 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
WVC011-043-099-131845-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-210813T1845Z/
Cabell WV-Lincoln WV-Wayne WV-
221 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...
At 221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kiahsville, or
12 miles southeast of Wayne, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ranger, Gill, Kiahsville, Dunlow, Harts, East Lynn Lake, West Hamlin,
Wilsondale, East Lynn, Genoa and Branchland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3834 8227 3804 8196 3798 8215 3795 8229
3794 8232 3794 8233 3793 8234 3797 8238
3798 8241 3801 8244 3806 8246 3812 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 235DEG 23KT 3808 8232
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
14685
WWUS51 KRLX 131840
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
240 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
WVC011-043-099-131850-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-210813T1845Z/
Cabell WV-Lincoln WV-Wayne WV-
240 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3834 8227 3804 8196 3798 8215 3795 8229
3794 8232 3794 8233 3793 8234 3797 8238
3798 8241 3801 8244 3806 8246 3812 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 235DEG 23KT 3815 8220
$$
14The 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, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 27 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.