Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 13, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barbour County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Buckhannon, WV | TREE DOWN ALONG HICKORY FLAT RD. |
| Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Buckhannon, WV | TREE DOWN ALONG LICK RUN RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
814 WUUS51 KRLX 131802 SVRRLX WVC001-041-083-097-131845- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.210613T1802Z-210613T1845Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Charleston WV 202 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Northeastern Lewis County in northern West Virginia... Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia... Southwestern Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia... * Until 245 PM EDT. * At 201 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stonewall Jackson, or near Weston, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Buckhannon, Audra State Park, Ellamore, Lorentz, Tallmansville, Overhill, Hodgesville, Horner, Alton and French Creek. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 97 and 104. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 17. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. If on or near Stonewall Jackson lake, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Please report severe weather to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely. You may also report severe weather by posting your report to the Charleston West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or by using the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3898 8048 3910 8042 3906 7995 3874 8013 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 289DEG 23KT 3901 8038 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 19
2 follow-up statements
460 WWUS51 KRLX 131814 SVSRLX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 214 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 WVC001-041-083-097-131845- /O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210613T1845Z/ Randolph WV-Lewis WV-Upshur WV-Barbour WV- 214 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH...EAST CENTRAL LEWIS...NORTHERN UPSHUR AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES... At 213 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Buckhannon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Buckhannon, Audra State Park, Ellamore, Lorentz, Tallmansville, Overhill, Horner and Hodgesville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3900 8040 3907 8036 3906 7995 3879 8010 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 289DEG 23KT 3898 8028 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 19
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WWUS51 KRLX 131836
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
236 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
WVC001-041-083-097-131846-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210613T1845Z/
Randolph WV-Lewis WV-Upshur WV-Barbour WV-
236 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH...EAST
CENTRAL LEWIS...NORTHERN UPSHUR AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern and northeastern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3900 8040 3907 8036 3906 7995 3879 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 289DEG 23KT 3894 8011
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 12:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur, Webster | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 2 more | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.