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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Charleston, WV

August 29, 2021Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wood County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WUUS51 KRLX 291821
SVRRLX
OHC167-WVC073-085-107-291900-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0115.210829T1821Z-210829T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
221 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Washington County in southeastern Ohio...
  Southwestern Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Northwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Central Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lubeck, or
  near Belpre, 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...
  Parkersburg, Belpre, St. Marys, Vienna, Belmont, Mineralwells,
  Lubeck, Newport, North Hills, Willow Island, Nutter Farm, Schultz,
  Waverly, Davisville and Blennerhassett.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 167 and 184.
 Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 3 and 32.

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 3914 8155 3927 8163 3946 8126 3925 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 245DEG 21KT 3921 8161 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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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 29, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	27 min
Aug 29, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	52 min
Aug 29, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	33 min
Aug 29, 3:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 hr
Aug 29, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	20 min
Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	33 min
Aug 29, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	58 min
Aug 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	27 min
Aug 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	30 min
Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	24 min
Aug 29, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Aug 29, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	46 min
Aug 29, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	38 min
Aug 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan	2 hr
Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Washington	35 min
Aug 29, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Scioto	51 min
Aug 29, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	47 min
Aug 29, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	46 min
Aug 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	50 min
Aug 29, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	41 min
Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	54 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.