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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2021, 4:19 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio; Pleasants County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 21, 2021, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 E Marietta, OH | TREES DOWN ON BEAR RUN ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 12 AND COUNTY ROAD 14. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
185
WFUS51 KRLX 212019
TORRLX
OHC167-WVC073-212045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0003.210621T2019Z-210621T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
419 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Washington County in southeastern Ohio...
Northern Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 419 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Belmont, or near Marietta, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Belmont around 430 PM EDT.
St. Marys around 435 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Newport, Arvilla and Point Lookout.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3954 8110 3950 8108 3946 8112 3946 8109
3947 8108 3947 8106 3937 8102 3936 8140
3943 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 256DEG 27KT 3941 8134
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
191 follow-up statement
385
WWUS51 KRLX 212042
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
442 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
OHC167-WVC073-212051-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210621T2045Z/
Washington OH-Pleasants WV-
442 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
PLEASANTS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern Ohio...and northern and northwestern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3954 8110 3950 8108 3946 8112 3946 8109
3947 8108 3947 8106 3937 8102 3936 8140
3943 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 256DEG 27KT 3945 8114
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Vinton | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt | 21 min |
| Jun 21, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 41 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.