Flash Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 20 At 3:44AM EDT Until September 20 At 7:45AM EDT By NWS Charleston WV
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Roane County in central West Virginia... Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Southwestern Doddridge County in northern West Virginia... Northeastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Southern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... Southeastern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 745 AM EDT. * At 344 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Spencer, Glenville, Elizabeth, Grantsville, Arnoldsburg, Cedar Creek State Park, Reedy, Sand Fork, Pullman, Auburn, Munday, Annamoriah, Brohard, Creston, Macfarlan, Big Springs, Mount Zion, Smithville, Cherry and Millstone. This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker 150... and between mile markers 152 and 163.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Calhoun County, WV
- Doddridge County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
- Wood County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YWDRTESRFTXMHH5M0NFQC2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4784406ee85774d9fe31461994b843c8687f3e0b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Charleston WV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRLX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3140
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS51 KRLX 200744 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0217.260920T0744Z-260920T1145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T07:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Calhoun County, WV
- Doddridge County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054013 |
| SAME | 054017 |
| SAME | 054021 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054085 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | WVC013 |
| UGC | WVC017 |
| UGC | WVC021 |
| UGC | WVC035 |
| UGC | WVC085 |
| UGC | WVC087 |
| UGC | WVC105 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 39.04,-81.62 39.2,-81.43 39.18,-80.77 38.92,-80.73 38.67,-81.24 38.97,-81.7 39.04,-81.62