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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 20215 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 3:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 46 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 21, 2021, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG7 Nnw Harts, WVSMALL TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 10 NEAR RANGER FIRE DEPT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1320 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted.

266 
WUUS51 KRLX 211914
SVRRLX
WVC005-043-045-079-099-212000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0074.210621T1914Z-210621T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Putnam County in western West Virginia...
  Lincoln County in central West Virginia...
  Northwestern Logan County in southern West Virginia...
  Southeastern Wayne County in western West Virginia...
  West central Boone County in central West Virginia...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 314 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kiahsville,
  or 12 miles southeast of Wayne, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hamlin, Chapmanville, Ranger, Gill, Spurlockville, Kiahsville,
  Harts, Turtle Creek, Sweetland, Branchland, Palermo,
  Griffithsville, Wilsondale, Mud, Yawkey and Myra.

This includes Route 119 between mile markers 36 and 47.
 
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 3811 8246 3832 8200 3798 8185 3795 8219
      3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228 3794 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 250DEG 28KT 3806 8234 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
529 
WWUS51 KRLX 211936
SVSRLX

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

WVC079-211946-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Putnam WV-
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore, the 
warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central, southern and western West Virginia.

LAT...LON 3811 8246 3826 8197 3798 8185 3798 8192
      3795 8218 3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228
      3794 8238 3802 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 261DEG 32KT 3808 8240 3802 8237 3798 8239 

$$

WVC005-043-045-099-212000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Lincoln WV-Logan WV-Wayne WV-Boone WV-
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE
AND WEST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES...

At 336 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Kiahsville to near Dunlow, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Chapmanville, Ranger, Spurlockville, Gill, Kiahsville, Harts,
Palermo, Turtle Creek, Griffithsville, Wilsondale, Mud and Yawkey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3811 8246 3826 8197 3798 8185 3798 8192
      3795 8218 3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228
      3794 8238 3802 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 261DEG 32KT 3808 8240 3802 8237 3798 8239 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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441 
WWUS51 KRLX 211950
SVSRLX

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

WVC005-043-045-099-212000-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Lincoln WV-Logan WV-Wayne WV-Boone WV-
350 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN
LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND WEST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central, southern and western West Virginia.

LAT...LON 3811 8246 3826 8197 3798 8185 3798 8192
      3795 8218 3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228
      3794 8238 3802 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 250DEG 28KT 3811 8231 3805 8228 3801 8230 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt36 min
Jun 21, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPutnam32 min
Jun 21, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane41 min
Jun 21, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis50 min
Jun 21, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha33 min
Jun 21, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Wyoming24 min
Jun 21, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane50 min
Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph34 min
Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster47 min
Jun 21, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne34 min
Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh, Wyoming31 min
Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood42 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood40 min
Jun 21, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood29 min
Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPleasants26 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wood37 min
Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Wood24 min
Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler35 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood45 min
Jun 21, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Wirt21 min
Jun 21, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood36 min
Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXCalhoun, Ritchie, Wirt30 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler41 min
Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood4 hr
Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood4 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.