Flash Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 745 AM EDT This Morning For Southeastern Athens, Meigs, North Central Jackson, Southwestern Wood And North Central Mason Counties
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 405 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
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... Parkersburg, Athens, Pomeroy, Coolville, Rutland, Forked Run State Park, New Haven, Mason, Tuppers Plains, Washington, Lubeck, Mineralwells, Middleport, Chester, Syracuse, Hartford City, Darwin, Reedsville, Belleville and Portland. This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker 151... and between mile markers 164 and 171.
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
- Athens County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Mason County, WV
- Wood County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YXKKX926D9MR9QMNM57T14
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6e6edfc5443c2365330402a87d320a5275eaf701.002.1
- 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.3681
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS71 KRLX 200805 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS, MEIGS, NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON, SOUTHWESTERN WOOD AND NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTIES |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0215.000000T0000Z-260920T1145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T07:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Athens County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Mason County, WV
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039009 |
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054053 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | OHC009 |
| UGC | OHC105 |
| UGC | WVC035 |
| UGC | WVC053 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 39.2,-82.13 39.3,-82.15 39.29,-81.85 39.26,-81.72 39.22,-81.73 39.23,-81.69 39.25,-81.7 39.19,-81.45 38.98,-81.69 39.01,-82.32 39.12,-82.31 39.2,-82.13