Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT for Barbour County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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 14, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barbour County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 14, 6:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Grafton, WV | TREE IN POWER LINES ALONG ROUTE 119, LOCALLY KNOWN AS VICTORY AVENUE, NEAR MIKE MOSER LANE. ROAD CLOSED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Fetterman, WV | TREE DOWN ACROSS PRUNTYTOWN PIKE. 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 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KRLX 142254
SVRRLX
WVC001-091-142330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0057.210614T2254Z-210614T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
654 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Taylor County in northern West Virginia...
Northeastern Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Winfield, or
near Fairmont, moving east at 40 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, Knottsville and Thornton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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 3917 7983 3916 7983 3940 8015 3940 8012
3941 8011 3939 8009 3940 8003 3942 8000
3945 7994 3944 7990 3930 7990 3929 7986
3924 7984 3924 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 285DEG 34KT 3944 8003
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
141 follow-up statement
797
WWUS51 KRLX 142324
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
724 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
WVC001-091-142334-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210614T2330Z/
Taylor WV-Barbour WV-
724 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND
NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northern and northeastern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3917 7983 3916 7983 3940 8015 3940 8012
3941 8011 3939 8009 3940 8003 3942 8000
3945 7994 3944 7990 3930 7990 3929 7986
3924 7984 3924 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 285DEG 34KT 3936 7967
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 117 min |
| Jun 14, 1:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Taylor | 32 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.