Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Ritchie County, Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
413
WFUS51 KRLX 212115
TORRLX
WVC013-085-105-212145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0005.210621T2115Z-210621T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
515 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Calhoun County in north central West Virginia...
Southwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia...
Northeastern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 515 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Elizabeth, moving east at 20 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Calhoun, southwestern Ritchie and northeastern Wirt
Counties, including the following locations... Brohard, Macfarlan
and Munday.
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 3905 8141 3912 8140 3919 8113 3897 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 278DEG 17KT 3908 8132
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
191 follow-up statement
867
WWUS51 KRLX 212137
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
537 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
WVC013-085-105-212147-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210621T2145Z/
Calhoun WV-Ritchie WV-Wirt WV-
537 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CALHOUN...SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE
AND NORTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
north central and northwestern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3905 8141 3912 8140 3919 8113 3897 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 278DEG 17KT 3907 8119
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 45 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, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 4 hr |
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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.