Flash Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 20 At 4:38AM EDT Until September 20 At 8:45AM 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... Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Jackson County in southeastern Ohio... North Central Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Mason County in western West Virginia... * Until 845 AM EDT. * At 438 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 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 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... Jackson, Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Rio Grande, Racine, Ravenswood, New Haven, Gallia, Henderson, Vinton, Gage.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Gallia County, OH
- Jackson County, OH
- Lawrence County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Vinton County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Mason County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YZG1N1CERVDEW6CQFMAR03
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f18adc51e4d918ef29eff2a5720d762607f89193.001.1
- 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.4675
- 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 200838 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0218.260920T0838Z-260920T1245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T08:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Gallia County, OH
- Jackson County, OH
- Lawrence County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Vinton County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Mason County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039053 |
| SAME | 039079 |
| SAME | 039087 |
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 039163 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054053 |
| UGC | OHC053 |
| UGC | OHC079 |
| UGC | OHC087 |
| UGC | OHC105 |
| UGC | OHC163 |
| UGC | WVC035 |
| UGC | WVC053 |
- Polygons
- 39.14,-82.78 39.11,-82.32 39.0,-82.32 38.99,-81.89 38.97,-81.7 38.63,-82.01 38.61,-82.06 38.59,-82.06 38.71,-82.4 38.82,-82.65 38.85,-82.65 38.85,-82.72 38.87,-82.76 38.94,-82.75 38.94,-82.76 38.95,-82.76 38.95,-82.8 39.07,-82.8 39.14,-82.79 39.14,-82.78