Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 1215 PM EDT This Afternoon
- 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 occurring.
Where
Northeastern Roane County in central West Virginia... Northern Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... Central Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Southern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Southeastern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
When
Until 1215 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 815 AM EDT, Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen overnight which has resulted in flooding of some creeks. Emergency management reported flooding of some county roads this morning. - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Glenville, Grantsville, Cedar Creek State Park, Sand Fork, Big Springs, Burnt House, Tanner, Smithville, Newberne, Mount Zion, Brohard, Normantown, Munday, Macfarlan and Annamoriah. - 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
- Gilmer County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31YDEPJXQWWZADGCMXVZ0MG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a1d1fd1935345cc6b81814854186b5c772ec9481.001.1
- 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.451
- 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 211217 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0142.260921T1217Z-260921T1615Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T12:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Calhoun County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Ritchie County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054013 |
| SAME | 054021 |
| SAME | 054085 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| UGC | WVC013 |
| UGC | WVC021 |
| UGC | WVC085 |
| UGC | WVC087 |
| UGC | WVC105 |
- Polygons
- 38.91,-81.3 38.98,-81.24 39.19,-81.19 39.19,-81.16 39.17,-81.01 39.11,-80.95 39.05,-80.85 38.99,-80.76 38.93,-80.71 38.87,-80.76 38.85,-80.89 38.85,-81.27 38.91,-81.3