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 29, 2021, 4:02 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2021, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 E Bridgeport, WV |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
825
WWUS81 KRLX 292002
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
402 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
WVZ011-019-020-029>032-039-040-292100-
Barbour WV-Doddridge WV-Harrison WV-Ritchie WV-Taylor WV-Upshur WV-
Lewis WV-Gilmer WV-Tyler WV-
402 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Ritchie, Doddridge, Taylor, northeastern Gilmer, Lewis, northern
Upshur, east central Tyler, northwestern Barbour and Harrison
Counties through 500 PM EDT...
At 401 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking multiple strong
thunderstorms near Salem, or 18 miles west of Clarksburg, moving
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph associated with an outflow
boundary.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Clarksburg, Buckhannon, Grafton, Weston, Philippi, Bridgeport,
Shinnston, Stonewood, Nutter Fort, Salem, Lumberport, West Union,
Anmoore, Jackson Mill, Stonewall Jackson, Enterprise, West Milford,
Lost Creek, Jane Lew and Flemington.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 91 and 128.
Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 52 and 82.
Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3946 8067 3947 8064 3944 8060 3945 8058
3943 8058 3944 8056 3943 8054 3944 8051
3946 8051 3947 8049 3943 8028 3939 8020
3941 8011 3939 8009 3940 8003 3943 7998
3882 8015 3911 8090 3948 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 267DEG 17KT 3928 8067
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 20 min |
| Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Scioto | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 38 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.