Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 6:10 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2021, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 6:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 913 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
122
WUUS51 KRLX 212210
SVRRLX
VAC027-051-212300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0086.210621T2210Z-210621T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
610 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Dickenson County in southwestern Virginia...
Southwestern Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clintwood,
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...
Clintwood, Grundy, Haysi, Davenport, John Flannagan Lake, Clinchco,
Vansant and McClure.
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 3705 8210 3705 8211 3711 8253 3713 8255
3720 8255 3721 8253 3721 8252 3723 8250
3725 8244 3726 8236 3728 8234 3733 8209
3704 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 273DEG 26KT 3716 8245
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
191 follow-up statement
474
WWUS51 KRLX 212220
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
620 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
VAC027-051-212229-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210621T2300Z/
Dickenson VA-Buchanan VA-
620 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DICKENSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
BUCHANAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southwestern Virginia.
LAT...LON 3705 8210 3705 8211 3711 8253 3713 8255
3720 8255 3721 8253 3721 8252 3723 8250
3725 8244 3726 8236 3728 8234 3733 8209
3704 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 273DEG 26KT 3716 8235
$$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.