Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 7 PM EDT This Evening
- 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
Southwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Northeastern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
When
Until 700 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of the South Fork of the Hughes River is occurring.
Additional details
- At 1258 PM EDT, The automated gage on the South Fork of the Hughes River below Macfarlan was in minor flood stage with a reading of 22.8 feet and slowly rising. At a stage of 22 feet, Oxbow Road below the gage flood along with low-lying areas adjacent to the river. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Macfarlan, Freeport and Greencastle. - 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
- Ritchie County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32EPRW6DR6R40AXTBD6372C
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b90d2004df54fc75c3f3aaf9a39d37800d8c3ddf.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.6906
- 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 211702 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0144.260921T1702Z-260921T2300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T19:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Ritchie County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054085 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| UGC | WVC085 |
| UGC | WVC105 |
- Polygons
- 39.15,-81.32 39.15,-81.3 39.12,-81.21 39.11,-81.19 39.11,-81.14 39.06,-81.15 39.06,-81.21 39.09,-81.28 39.11,-81.35 39.12,-81.4 39.13,-81.44 39.13,-81.41 39.14,-81.4 39.16,-81.35 39.15,-81.32