Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Valley Chapel, WV | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE VALLEY CHAPEL AREA. PICTURES PROVIDED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jun 14, 8:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Horner, WV | TREE DOWN ACROSS BEECH LICK ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 14, 8:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Horner, WV | TREE DOWN ACROSS BUCKHANNON RUN ROAD NEAR COUNTY LINE. DISPATCHER SAID THE CALL CAME WHEN THE STORM STARTED. TIME CORROBORATED WITH RADAR. |
| Jun 14, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 43 | Buckhannon, WV | 43 MPH GUST REPORTED AT THE BUCKHANNON AIRPORT |
| Jun 14, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lorentz, WV | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
368
WUUS51 KRLX 142341
SVRRLX
WVC017-033-041-097-150015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0061.210614T2341Z-210615T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
741 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Doddridge County in northern West Virginia...
Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia...
Southwestern Harrison County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jackson Mill,
or near Weston, moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Buckhannon, Weston, Stonewall Jackson, Jackson Mill, Rock Cave,
Lost Creek, Jane Lew, Camden, Lorentz, Eden, Alton, Walkersville,
Alum Bridge, Kanawha Head, Tallmansville, Overhill, Hodgesville,
Horner and French Creek.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 88 and 109.
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.
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 3895 8007 3895 8009 3893 8009 3871 8033
3909 8072 3926 8051 3898 8006 3897 8007
3896 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 314DEG 45KT 3909 8052
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
141 follow-up statement
825
WWUS51 KRLX 150000
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
800 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
WVC017-150010-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210615T0015Z/
Doddridge WV-
800 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northern and northeastern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3895 8007 3895 8009 3893 8009 3871 8033
3902 8058 3917 8040 3898 8006 3897 8007
3896 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 308DEG 26KT 3903 8041
$$
WVC033-041-097-150015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210615T0015Z/
Lewis WV-Upshur WV-Harrison WV-
800 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN LEWIS...UPSHUR AND SOUTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES...
At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weston, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buckhannon, Weston, Stonewall Jackson, Jackson Mill, Rock Cave, Jane
Lew, Lorentz, Eden, Alton, Walkersville, Kanawha Head, Tallmansville,
Overhill, Horner and French Creek.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 8007 3895 8009 3893 8009 3871 8033
3902 8058 3917 8040 3898 8006 3897 8007
3896 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 308DEG 26KT 3903 8041
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 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, 7:43 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.