Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 230 PM EDT This Afternoon... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
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... Northeastern Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia...
When
Until 230 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Additional details
- At 921 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional light rainfall will continue across the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Summersville, Richwood, Marlinton, Clay, Webster Springs, Cass Scenic Railroad, Green Bank, Addison (Webster Springs), Camden-On-gauley, Camden On Gauley, Craigsville, Snowshoe, Glen, Mingo, Cowen, Durbin, Hillsboro, Bergoo, Upper Glade, and Waneta. - This includes Route 19 between mile markers 34 and 49. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. 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
- Fayette 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
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2ZFSGSRJGNYPYPGGWCWFD44
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f190056d8bfc04c77bcc9c8d2ffefc46275884b8.001.1
- 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.1933
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KRLX 201323 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0131.260920T1323Z-260920T1830Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clay County, WV
- Fayette County, WV
- Nicholas County, WV
- Pocahontas County, WV
- Randolph County, WV
- Webster County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054015 |
| SAME | 054019 |
| SAME | 054067 |
| SAME | 054075 |
| SAME | 054083 |
| SAME | 054101 |
| UGC | WVC015 |
| UGC | WVC019 |
| UGC | WVC067 |
| UGC | WVC075 |
| UGC | WVC083 |
| UGC | WVC101 |
- Polygons
- 38.48,-81.27 38.54,-81.16 38.33,-80.9 38.68,-80.29 38.62,-79.62 38.57,-79.66 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 38.48,-81.27