Flash Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 20 At 5:43AM EDT Until September 20 At 9:45AM 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... Southwestern Clay County in north central West Virginia... Pocahontas County in northeastern West Virginia... Southwestern Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Webster County in northeastern West Virginia... Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia... * Until 945 AM EDT. * At 543 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 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. This includes Route 19 between mile markers 35 and 49.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Report flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Clay County, WV
- Nicholas County, WV
- Pocahontas County, WV
- Randolph County, WV
- Webster County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Z36KZFA2XRPN7V58D85QMF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f35d47b963ee68eb4638b51b5284e559c5abaae8.001.1
- 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.6654
- 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 200943 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0221.260920T0943Z-260920T1345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T09:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clay County, WV
- Nicholas County, WV
- Pocahontas County, WV
- Randolph County, WV
- Webster County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054015 |
| SAME | 054067 |
| SAME | 054075 |
| SAME | 054083 |
| SAME | 054101 |
| UGC | WVC015 |
| UGC | WVC067 |
| UGC | WVC075 |
| UGC | WVC083 |
| UGC | WVC101 |
- Polygons
- 38.27,-81.22 38.48,-81.27 38.54,-81.16 38.33,-80.9 38.68,-80.29 38.62,-79.62 38.49,-79.69 38.43,-79.69 38.36,-79.73 38.31,-79.81 38.27,-79.79 38.18,-79.92 38.08,-79.95 38.13,-80.36 38.23,-80.36 38.27,-80.44 38.15,-80.6 38.19,-80.92 38.24,-81.03 38.22,-81.05 38.27,-81.22