Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 2:48 PM EDT for Ritchie County, Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 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, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
772
WUUS51 KRLX 291848
SVRRLX
WVC085-105-107-291915-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0116.210829T1848Z-210829T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
248 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia...
Central Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
Southeastern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 247 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elizabeth,
moving northeast at 20 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...
Elizabeth, Cairo, Smithville, Freeport, Walker, Nutter Farm,
Greencastle, Macfarlan, Petroleum and Palestine.
This includes Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 27 and
28, and near mile marker 30.
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 3900 8143 3914 8152 3926 8118 3909 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 231DEG 16KT 3915 8135
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 39 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 |
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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.