Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 5:56 PM EDT for Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
- Mar 18, 2021, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Se Oceana, WV | HAILSTONES STARTED OFF AS PEA SIZE AND GREW TO PENNY, ALMOST NICKEL SIZE WITHIN MINUTES. |
| Mar 18, 6:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 6 E Oceana, WV | PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF PEA SIZED HAIL. |
| Mar 18, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Saulsville, WV | OCCURRED ALONG MCGRAWS RD WITH PICTURE PROVIDED. CAUSED DAMAGE TO CARS AND ROOF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 18, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Ne Twin Falls State P, WV | PICTURES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA OF INCH LARGER THAN A QUARTER NEAR HOTCHKISS, WV. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 626 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 780 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KRLX 182156
SVRRLX
WVC081-109-182230-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0011.210318T2156Z-210318T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
556 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia...
Northeastern Wyoming County in southern West Virginia...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 556 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oceana, or 7
miles north of Pineville, moving east 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...
Pineville, Mullens, Mabscott, Oceana, Sophia, Crab Orchard, Dry
Creek, Coal City, Twin Falls State Park, Macarthur, Lester,
Rhodell, Bolt, Kopperston, Glen Daniel, Josephine and Maben.
This includes West Virginia Turnpike near mile marker 43, and between
mile markers 49 and 50.
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 3761 8165 3775 8169 3778 8159 3776 8157
3779 8153 3779 8152 3786 8124 3758 8117
3758 8120 3756 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 267DEG 23KT 3769 8157
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Putnam | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Wirt | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 112 min |
| Mar 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 36 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.