Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV · US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 245 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 continues.
Where
East Central Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...
When
Until 245 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring.
Additional details
- At 1049 AM EDT, Several roads remain flooded in the the area. Flooding of creeks and low-lying areas continues across the warned area. This included Little Tygart Creek in Mineral Wells where the automated gage was slowly cresting in minor flood. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Forked Run State Park, Ravenswood, Sandyville, Lubeck, Mineralwells, Rockport, Belleville, Reedsville, Portland, and Peewee. - This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 143 and 174. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 8 and 9. - 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
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson 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
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M327FDYXPS572JXHYG8A1FGH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1fcc91a8826a46ca63083c97933f6aff7b7cb58f.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.4001
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KRLX 211456 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0139.000000T0000Z-260921T1845Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T14:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | OHC105 |
| UGC | WVC035 |
| UGC | WVC105 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 38.93,-81.8 39.01,-81.82 39.09,-81.83 39.27,-81.51 38.94,-81.47 38.87,-81.78 38.93,-81.8