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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Charleston, WV

August 29, 2021Ritchie County, Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wood39 min
Aug 29, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell52 min
Aug 29, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam33 min
Aug 29, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason3 hr
Aug 29, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam20 min
Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha33 min
Aug 29, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur58 min
Aug 29, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam27 min
Aug 29, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane30 min
Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay24 min
Aug 29, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay, Fayette, Nicholas25 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.