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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 2021Athens County, Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT for Athens County, Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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 21, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 21, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Amesville, OH	TREES DOWN IN THE SHARPSBURG COMMUNITY.
Jun 21, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Marietta, OH	TREES DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 550.

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 21, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

As transmitted.

348 
WUUS51 KRLX 211913
SVRRLX
OHC009-115-167-212000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0073.210621T1913Z-210621T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
313 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Washington County in southeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Morgan County in southeastern Ohio...
  East central Athens County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 313 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesterhill,
  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...
  Marietta, Beverly, Chesterhill, Boaz, Lowell, Stockport, Amesville,
  Fleming, Bartlett and Devola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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 3961 8159 3959 8159 3958 8148 3941 8144
      3941 8147 3936 8152 3939 8195 3950 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 267DEG 21KT 3943 8185 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

423 
WWUS51 KRLX 211939
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
339 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

OHC009-115-167-212000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Washington OH-Morgan OH-Athens OH-
339 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL
ATHENS COUNTIES...

At 339 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Beverly, 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...
Marietta, Beverly, Chesterhill, Boaz, Lowell, Amesville, Fleming,
Bartlett and Devola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 8161 3956 8148 3941 8144 3941 8147
      3936 8152 3939 8195 3950 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 267DEG 21KT 3944 8165 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	36 min
Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	42 min
Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	28 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	40 min
Jun 21, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	29 min
Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Washington	26 min
Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	24 min
Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	35 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Washington	45 min
Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Washington	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	4 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.