Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 W Weston, WV | TREES DOWN IN THE CAMDEN AND ALUM BRIDGE COMMUNITIES. |
| Jul 7, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Weston, WV | TREES DOWN IN THE PRICETOWN COMMUNITY. |
| Jul 7, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pricetown, WV | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 7, 6:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw West Milford, WV | TREES DOWN ON DUCK CREEK ROAD, ISAACS CREEK ROAD, TWO LICK ROAD AND HANK HIGHWAY IN THE LOST CREEK AND WEST MILFORD AREAS. |
| Jul 7, 6:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw West Milford, WV | TREES DOWN ON DUCK CREEK ROAD, ISAACS CREEK ROAD, TWO LICK ROAD AND HANK HIGHWAY IN THE LOST CREEK AND WEST MILFORD COMMUNITIES. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
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WUUS51 KRLX 072135
SVRRLX
WVC017-033-041-072215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0092.210707T2135Z-210707T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
535 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Doddridge County in northern West Virginia...
Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
Southwestern Harrison County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 534 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of
Jackson Mill, or 11 miles west of Weston, moving northeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Weston, Salem, Jackson Mill, Stonewall Jackson, Jane Lew, Camden,
Alum Bridge, Sand Run, Avon, Leopold and Horner.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 84 and 108.
Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 66 and 68.
Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 6.
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 3931 8055 3910 8030 3900 8033 3889 8059
3900 8071 3906 8073 3909 8073 3910 8074
3913 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 237DEG 13KT 3906 8068
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ABE2 follow-up statements
472
WWUS51 KRLX 072155
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
555 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
WVC017-033-041-072215-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210707T2215Z/
Doddridge WV-Lewis WV-Harrison WV-
555 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE...NORTHERN LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON
COUNTIES...
At 554 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jackson Mill,
or 8 miles northwest of Weston, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Weston, Salem, Jackson Mill, Jane Lew, Camden, Alum Bridge and Avon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3931 8055 3910 8030 3894 8063 3900 8071
3906 8073 3909 8073 3910 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 237DEG 13KT 3910 8060
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ABE002
WWUS51 KRLX 072213
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
613 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
WVC017-033-041-072223-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210707T2215Z/
Doddridge WV-Lewis WV-Harrison WV-
613 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE...
NORTHERN LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615
PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3931 8055 3910 8030 3894 8063 3900 8071
3906 8073 3909 8073 3910 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 237DEG 13KT 3913 8054
$$
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, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 51 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.