Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Putnam County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | 3 Ne Charleston, WV |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
694
WUUS51 KRLX 292003
SVRRLX
WVC039-079-292030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0119.210829T2003Z-210829T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
East central Putnam County in western West Virginia...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cross Lanes,
or near Nitro, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Nitro, Jefferson, South Charleston, St. Albans, Dunbar,
Sissonville, Poca, Cross Lanes, Institute, Tornado, Coal Fork,
Teays Valley and Bancroft.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 7.
Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 115.
Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 42 and 57.
West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 94 and 95.
Route 119 between mile markers 75 and 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 8189 3856 8153 3829 8151 3832 8177
3832 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 268DEG 12KT 3842 8176
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
091 follow-up statement
145
WWUS51 KRLX 292022
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
422 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
WVC039-079-292031-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210829T2030Z/
Kanawha WV-Putnam WV-
422 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA AND EAST
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Charleston West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3850 8189 3856 8153 3829 8151 3832 8177
3832 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 268DEG 12KT 3842 8169
$$
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, 3:27 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, 4:15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.