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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 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), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted.
883
WUUS51 KRLX 150016
SVRRLX
WVC001-041-083-097-150045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0063.210615T0016Z-210615T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
816 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia...
Eastern Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
Central Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia...
Southwestern Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 816 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Buckhannon,
moving east at 25 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...
Buckhannon, Audra State Park, Ellamore, Lorentz, Tallmansville,
Overhill and Hodgesville.
This includes Route 33 between mile markers 4 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 3898 8039 3907 8034 3906 8000 3878 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 288DEG 22KT 3900 8028
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 3 hr |
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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.