Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 1230 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
Northwestern Roane County in central West Virginia... West Central Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... East Central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... Southeastern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...
When
Until 1230 PM EDT Monday.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 530 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Parkersburg, Elizabeth, Mineralwells, Sandyville, Reedy, Palestine, Greencastle, Cherry, Freeport, Morristown, Walker, Lucille, Peewee, Creston, Petroleum, Davisville, Leroy and Nutter Farm. - This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 174 and 178. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 9 and 30. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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
- Calhoun County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Pleasants County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
- Wood County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31MV8ZC29K6HRPAXN84KFTX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2dae74ef49a68d205c44ed6368f6a2339ee9b105.001.1
- 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.6296
- 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 210930 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0140.260921T0930Z-260921T1630Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Calhoun County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Pleasants County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054013 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054073 |
| SAME | 054085 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | WVC013 |
| UGC | WVC035 |
| UGC | WVC073 |
| UGC | WVC085 |
| UGC | WVC087 |
| UGC | WVC105 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 38.94,-81.53 38.95,-81.49 39.29,-81.52 39.28,-81.26 39.27,-81.24 39.28,-81.23 39.28,-81.16 38.97,-81.23 38.92,-81.28 38.91,-81.28 38.9,-81.25 38.89,-81.26 38.89,-81.25 38.85,-81.26 38.86,-81.73 38.91,-81.7 38.94,-81.53