Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 27, 2021, 10:12 PM EST for Braxton 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
- Dec 27, 2021, 10:12 PM EST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2021, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Braxton County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
771
WUUS51 KRLX 280312
SVRRLX
WVC007-280345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0127.211228T0312Z-211228T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1012 PM EST Mon Dec 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Braxton County in north central West Virginia...
* Until 1045 PM EST.
* At 1011 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Gassaway, or 11 miles west of Sutton, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sutton, Gassaway, Flatwoods, Exchange, Little Birch, Frametown,
Wilsie, Servia and Centralia.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 45 and 71.
Route 19 between mile markers 64 and 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 8067 3853 8073 3852 8074 3856 8078
3853 8083 3861 8098 3862 8098 3867 8103
3870 8100 3880 8083 3872 8047 3871 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 285DEG 29KT 3871 8093
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
112 follow-up statements
169
WWUS51 KRLX 280325
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1025 PM EST Mon Dec 27 2021
WVC007-280345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-211228T0345Z/
Braxton WV-
1025 PM EST Mon Dec 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY...
At 1025 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gassaway, or
near Sutton, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sutton, Gassaway, Flatwoods, Little Birch, Frametown, Centralia and
Strange Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 8067 3853 8073 3852 8074 3856 8078
3853 8083 3860 8097 3877 8070 3872 8047
3871 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 285DEG 29KT 3868 8079
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
11675
WWUS51 KRLX 280336
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1036 PM EST Mon Dec 27 2021
WVC007-280346-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-211228T0345Z/
Braxton WV-
1036 PM EST Mon Dec 27 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is exiting the warned area shortly. Therefore, the
warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3853 8067 3853 8073 3852 8074 3856 8078
3853 8083 3860 8097 3877 8070 3872 8047
3871 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 285DEG 29KT 3866 8069
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 8:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Dec 27, 9:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 36 min |
| Dec 27, 9:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 10:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.