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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 22 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 13, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 3:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
967 WUUS51 KRLX 131855 SVRRLX WVC005-019-039-043-045-081-131930- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0109.210813T1855Z-210813T1930Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Charleston WV 255 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021 The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Kanawha County in central West Virginia... Southeastern Lincoln County in central West Virginia... Northwestern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... North central Logan County in southern West Virginia... Western Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... Boone County in central West Virginia... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 254 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Madison, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Madison, Montgomery, Chesapeake, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Glasgow, Smithers, Pratt, Van, Powellton, Burnwell, Julian, Danville, Whitesville, Handley, Pax, Sylvester, Seth, Turtle Creek and Dawes. This includes the following highways... West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 55 and 87. Route 119 between mile markers 39 and 60. 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 3796 8199 3816 8200 3826 8125 3791 8121 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 262DEG 49KT 3807 8186 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 14
1 follow-up statement
874
WWUS51 KRLX 131917
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
317 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
WVC005-019-039-043-045-081-131927-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-210813T1930Z/
Kanawha WV-Lincoln WV-Raleigh WV-Logan WV-Fayette WV-Boone WV-
317 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KANAWHA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH...NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN...
WESTERN FAYETTE AND BOONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3796 8199 3816 8200 3826 8125 3791 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 262DEG 49KT 3811 8146
$$
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, 2:10 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.