Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 3, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eleanor, WV | TREE UPROOTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
862
WWUS81 KRLX 032333
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
733 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
WVZ014-015-040000-
Kanawha-Putnam-
733 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL KANAWHA AND
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES...
At 733 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Winfield,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Nitro, Winfield, Eleanor, Poca, Teays Valley, Bancroft and Liberty.
This includes Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 39
and 44.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3867 8181 3868 8179 3855 8164 3841 8189
3849 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 223DEG 20KT 3850 8187
$$
RPYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 44 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.