Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 20214 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 3:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 28 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, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 3:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Wellston, OH	TREES DOWN ON BUCKEYE FURNACE ROAD AND RAYSVILLE ROAD IN NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wilkesville, OH	TREES DOWN IN THE WILKESVILLE COMMUNITY.

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

892 
WUUS51 KRLX 211953
SVRRLX
OHC009-079-105-163-212045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0077.210621T1953Z-210621T2045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
  Northeastern Jackson County in southeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio...
  Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 353 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wellston,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Athens, Wellston, Albany, Chauncey, Hamden, Coalton, Wilkesville,
  Radcliffe, Dyesville, Darwin, Harrisonville, Dexter, Carpenter and
  The Plains.

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 3941 8213 3913 8198 3903 8242 3903 8246
      3900 8256 3912 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 242DEG 34KT 3912 8252 

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

19

1 follow-up statement

012 
WWUS51 KRLX 212021
SVSRLX

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

OHC009-079-105-163-212031-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210621T2045Z/
Meigs OH-Jackson OH-Vinton OH-Athens OH-
421 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEIGS...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS
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.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 3941 8213 3913 8198 3903 8242 3903 8246
      3900 8256 3912 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 242DEG 34KT 3925 8221 

$$

14

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	47 min
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, 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2021 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.