Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 3:27 PM EDT for Jackson County, Mason County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
683
WUUS51 KRLX 291927
SVRRLX
WVC035-053-079-292000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0117.210829T1927Z-210829T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
327 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Mason County in western West Virginia...
Northeastern Putnam County in western West Virginia...
Southern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 326 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Kenna, or 8 miles southwest of Ripley, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ripley, Kenna, Statts Mills, Evans, Given, Kentuck and Fairplain.
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 122
and 139.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 8191 3889 8160 3870 8153 3867 8155
3863 8153 3862 8169 3863 8170 3862 8171
3861 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 254DEG 10KT 3872 8179
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
091 follow-up statement
751
WWUS51 KRLX 291944
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
344 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
WVC035-053-079-292000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-210829T2000Z/
Mason WV-Putnam WV-Jackson WV-
344 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MASON...NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...
At 343 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenna, or near
Ripley, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ripley, Kenna, Statts Mills, Kentuck, Fairplain and Given.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 8184 3889 8160 3870 8153 3867 8155
3863 8153 3862 8169 3863 8170 3862 8171
3865 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 254DEG 10KT 3873 8173
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
09The 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, 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, 3:49 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.