Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT for Braxton County, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 7, 2021, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Braxton County, WV, Gilmer County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glenville, WV | TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glenville, WV | TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
762 WUUS51 KRLX 072103 SVRRLX WVC007-021-072130- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0091.210707T2103Z-210707T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Charleston WV 503 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Northeastern Braxton County in north central West Virginia... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 503 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Creek State Park, or near Glenville, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Glenville, Cedar Creek State Park, Burnsville, Sand Fork, Baldwin, Stouts Mills, Cedarville and Linn. This includes Interstate 79 between mile markers 74 and 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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 3873 8085 3887 8092 3903 8074 3882 8055 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 238DEG 18KT 3885 8081 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ ABE
2 follow-up statements
154 WWUS51 KRLX 072119 SVSRLX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 519 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 WVC007-021-072130- /O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210707T2130Z/ Gilmer WV-Braxton WV- 519 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GILMER AND NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES... At 519 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Glenville, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Glenville, Cedar Creek State Park, Burnsville, Sand Fork, Baldwin, Stouts Mills, Cedarville and Linn. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3873 8085 3887 8092 3903 8074 3882 8055 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 238DEG 18KT 3889 8072 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ ABE
771
WWUS51 KRLX 072129
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
529 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
WVC007-021-072139-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210707T2130Z/
Gilmer WV-Braxton WV-
529 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GILMER AND
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still occurring with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3873 8085 3887 8092 3903 8074 3882 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 238DEG 18KT 3890 8069
$$
ABEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tucker | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 73 min |
| Jul 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.