Flash Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 21 At 2:35AM EDT Until September 21 At 7:30AM 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... Central Washington County in southeastern Ohio... Western Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia... Northwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Northeastern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 730 AM EDT. * At 235 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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... Parkersburg, Marietta, St. Marys, Beverly, Vienna, Williamstown, Belmont, Boaz, Newport, North Hills, Lowell, Waverly, Devola, Willow Island and Schultz. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 178 and 186. Interstate 77 in Ohio between mile markers 1 and 10.
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
- Washington County, OH
- Pleasants County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Wood County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31ATH4NTJNZ064Q7EDF0C9E
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.05da33597c5561c80379e1331d817ac9bccd9b64.001.1
- 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.1176
- 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 210635 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0236.260921T0635Z-260921T1130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T07:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Washington County, OH
- Pleasants County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039167 |
| SAME | 054073 |
| SAME | 054085 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | OHC167 |
| UGC | WVC073 |
| UGC | WVC085 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 39.49,-81.71 39.59,-81.62 39.59,-81.61 39.46,-81.16 39.26,-81.17 39.28,-81.47 39.3,-81.53 39.45,-81.55 39.5,-81.68 39.49,-81.71