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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 20214 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 5:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Mineralwells, WVLARGE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 47 NEAR WIRT CO LINE AND TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 50.
Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Harrisville, WVTREES DOWN ON BEAR WALLOW ROAD AND ROCK CAMP ROAD.

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 931 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted.

822 
WUUS51 KRLX 212109
SVRRLX
WVC073-085-105-107-212145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0084.210621T2109Z-210621T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
  Central Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 509 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Mineralwells, or 9 miles north of Elizabeth, moving northeast at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Parkersburg, Harrisville, Elizabeth, Mineralwells, North Bend State
  Park, Lubeck, Ellenboro, Cairo, Pullman, Auburn, Cherry,
  Smithville, Davisville, Berea, Brohard, Macfarlan, Walker, Nutter
  Farm, Petroleum and Palestine.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 160 and 175.
 Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 12 and 36.

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 3915 8084 3911 8081 3902 8110 3904 8112
      3904 8116 3898 8122 3895 8132 3905 8158
      3923 8162 3932 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 230DEG 37KT 3919 8134 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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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, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, Wayne46 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, 5:15 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.