Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 3:22 PM EDT for Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 13, 2021, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
507
WUUS51 KRLX 131922 RRA
SVRRLX
WVC091-132000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0026.210613T1922Z-210613T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
322 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Taylor County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 322 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Winfield, or
near Fairmont, moving southeast 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...
Grafton, Flemington, Knottsville, Tygart Lake State Park, McGee and
Thornton.
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.
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 3926 8012 3939 8020 3940 8012 3941 8011
3939 8009 3939 8008 3940 8003 3945 7994
3944 7990 3943 7989 3930 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 332DEG 16KT 3947 8008
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
191 follow-up statement
149
WWUS51 KRLX 131950
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
350 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
WVC091-132000-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210613T2000Z/
Taylor WV-
350 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern and northeastern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3926 8012 3939 8020 3940 8012 3941 8011
3939 8009 3939 8008 3940 8003 3945 7994
3944 7990 3943 7989 3930 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 332DEG 16KT 3936 8001
$$
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, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 43 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, 3:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.