Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Rutland, OH | TREES DOWN ON MCCUMBER ROAD. |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Mineralwells, WV | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.). |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Syracuse, OH | TREES DOWN ON FOREST RUN ROAD. |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Mineralwells, WV | LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 47 NEAR WIRT CO LINE AND TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 50. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
828 WUUS51 KRLX 212045 SVRRLX OHC009-053-105-167-WVC035-053-105-107-212130- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0082.210621T2045Z-210621T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Charleston WV 445 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Ohio... Southeastern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... North central Mason County in western West Virginia... Northwestern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... North central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 445 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pomeroy, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Belpre, Pomeroy, Rio Grande, Racine, Coolville, Rutland, Forked Run State Park, Vienna, New Haven, Mason, Washington, Mineralwells, Tuppers Plains, Lubeck, Boaz, Middleport, Chester, North Hills and Syracuse. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 157 and 181. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 16. 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 3886 8239 3908 8227 3940 8151 3909 8130 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 251DEG 41KT 3910 8203 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 19
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, 3:18 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, 4:54 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 |
| 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, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 28 min |
| 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.