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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 7, 2021Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 1:35 PM EDT for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 7, 2021, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

955 
WWUS81 KRLX 071735
SPSRLX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
135 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
WVZ013-071800-
Lincoln WV-
135 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lincoln
County through 200 PM EDT...

At 133 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hamlin, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hamlin, Spurlockville, West Hamlin, Palermo, Griffithsville,
Sweetland, Yawkey, Branchland and Myra.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause elevated levels on
small creeks and streams, and ponding of water on country roads and
farmland along the banks of creeks and streams.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 8219 3833 8208 3831 8205 3829 8205
      3828 8202 3827 8200 3828 8198 3824 8191
      3807 8208 3821 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 297DEG 9KT 3825 8216 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo30 min
Aug 7, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone32 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan27 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh53 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason35 min
Aug 7, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry46 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBuchanan31 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.