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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 2021Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 16 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 28, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2021, 4:19 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

735 
WUUS51 KRLX 282003
SVRRLX
WVC015-067-282030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0088.210628T2003Z-210628T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
403 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia...
  Central Clay County in north central West Virginia...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 403 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Clay, moving north at 10 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...
  Clay, Harrison and Bickmore. 

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 3846 8118 3856 8092 3855 8091 3854 8092
      3854 8089 3853 8089 3830 8091 3829 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 160DEG 10KT 3837 8098 

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

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1 follow-up statement

859 
WWUS51 KRLX 282019
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
419 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

WVC015-067-282029-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210628T2030Z/
Nicholas WV-Clay WV-
419 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND
CENTRAL CLAY 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.

LAT...LON 3846 8118 3856 8092 3855 8091 3854 8092
      3854 8089 3853 8089 3830 8091 3829 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 160DEG 10KT 3833 8096 

$$

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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 28, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph, Webster	21 min
Jun 28, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	13 min
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	15 min
Jun 28, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	12 min
Jun 28, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	15 min

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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.