Flood Watch
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect Through Wednesday Morning
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
Portions of southeast, southern, and western West Virginia, including the following counties, in southeast West Virginia, Northwest Raleigh and Southeast Raleigh. In southern West Virginia, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming. In western West Virginia, Wayne.
When
Through Wednesday morning.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Slow moving heavy showers and thunderstorms will periodically move through the area this evening, Tuesday, and Tuesday night. Areas which have previously received heavy rain will be most vulnerable to additional flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our X and Facebook pages.
Affected areas
- Wayne County, WV
- Mingo County, WV
- Logan County, WV
- McDowell County, WV
- Wyoming County, WV
- Northwest Raleigh
- Southeast Raleigh
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M329R3A7EBZNCNYARV1SZWK4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1d0d0351ebd2dc2283622b336e1c3dc513ae961.002.1
- 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.4942
- 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 | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFARLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS61 KRLX 211535 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KRLX.FA.A.0017.000000T0000Z-260923T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Wayne County, WV
- Mingo County, WV
- Logan County, WV
- McDowell County, WV
- Wyoming County, WV
- Northwest Raleigh
- Southeast Raleigh
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054099 |
| SAME | 054059 |
| SAME | 054045 |
| SAME | 054047 |
| SAME | 054109 |
| SAME | 054081 |
| UGC | WVZ005 |
| UGC | WVZ024 |
| UGC | WVZ025 |
| UGC | WVZ033 |
| UGC | WVZ034 |
| UGC | WVZ515 |
| UGC | WVZ516 |