Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV
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
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nnw Harts, WV | SMALL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
142 follow-up statements
529
WWUS51 KRLX 211936
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
WVC079-211946-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Putnam WV-
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore, the
warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central, southern and western West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3811 8246 3826 8197 3798 8185 3798 8192
3795 8218 3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228
3794 8238 3802 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 261DEG 32KT 3808 8240 3802 8237 3798 8239
$$
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
$$
19441
WWUS51 KRLX 211950
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
350 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
WVC005-043-045-099-212000-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Lincoln WV-Logan WV-Wayne WV-Boone WV-
350 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN
LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND WEST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central, southern and western West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3811 8246 3826 8197 3798 8185 3798 8192
3795 8218 3796 8220 3797 8219 3795 8228
3794 8238 3802 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 250DEG 28KT 3811 8231 3805 8228 3801 8230
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt | 21 min |
| Jun 21, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 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.