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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 2021Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 3:18 PM EDT for Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2021, 3:49 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 71 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nnw Oceana, WV	TREES DOWN IN THE CYCLONE AREA.

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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

822 
WUUS51 KRLX 211918
SVRRLX
WVC081-109-212000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0075.210621T1918Z-210621T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia...
  Northern Wyoming County in southern West Virginia...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 318 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oceana, or 8
  miles northwest of Pineville, moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pineville, Mullens, Mabscott, Oceana, Sophia, Crab Orchard, Dry
  Creek, Coal City, Twin Falls State Park, Macarthur, Lester,
  Rhodell, Clear Fork, Cyclone, Bolt, Coal Mountain, Kopperston, Glen
  Daniel, Josephine and Maben.

This includes West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 43 and 44,
and near mile marker 48.
 
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 3768 8174 3770 8171 3773 8174 3784 8122
      3758 8120 3758 8171
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 265DEG 30KT 3768 8164 

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

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2 follow-up statements

078 
WWUS51 KRLX 211938
SVSRLX

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

WVC081-109-212000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Raleigh WV-Wyoming WV-
338 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL RALEIGH AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES...

At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Twin Falls
State Park, or 8 miles northeast of Pineville, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mullens, Mabscott, Sophia, Crab Orchard, Dry Creek, Coal City, Twin
Falls State Park, Macarthur, Lester, Rhodell, Bolt, Kopperston, Glen
Daniel, Josephine and Maben.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3767 8160 3776 8159 3784 8122 3758 8120
      3761 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 271DEG 25KT 3769 8144 

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

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840 
WWUS51 KRLX 211949
SVSRLX

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

WVC081-109-211958-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210621T2000Z/
Raleigh WV-Wyoming WV-
349 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RALEIGH AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3767 8160 3776 8159 3784 8122 3758 8120
      3761 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 265DEG 30KT 3770 8133 

$$

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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, 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, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, Wayne	46 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.