Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 245 PM EDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
Where
Central 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 218 PM EDT, The automated gage on the Little Tygart Creek in Mineral Wells was in minor flood and slowly falling with a reading of 12 feet. At a stage of 12 feet, Irene Lane and low spots on the golf course in Mineral Wells flood. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Parkersburg and Mineralwells. - This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 167 and 174. Route 50 in West Virginia near mile marker 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
- Wood County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32KCNAB6GQMCYJC9JAJXP4A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.67d32ef047bb38ae9a97b0c0a237d10f6283b0c3.002.1
- 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.636
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS81 KRLX 211824 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KRLX.FA.W.0139.000000T0000Z-260921T1845Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T14:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f69caa77151b54f8cddb9ee04e7633871d41e9e1.001.1,2026-09-21T05:19:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Wood County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054107 |
| UGC | WVC107 |
- Polygons
- 39.17,-81.55 39.21,-81.56 39.24,-81.56 39.27,-81.51 39.13,-81.49 39.13,-81.54 39.15,-81.55 39.17,-81.55