Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 8 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 continues.
Where
Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio...
When
Until 800 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 228 PM EDT, The Ohio Department of Transportation reported that several roads remain closed due to flooding. In Vinton County, several roads remained closed including Highway 50 in the Bolins Mills area and in parts of McArthur. State Routes 681 and 356 remain closed in Athens County. Area creeks will begin to slowly recede to within their banks later this afternoon. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mcarthur, Albany, Zaleski, Carpenter, Radcliffe and Creola. - 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
- Athens County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Vinton County, OH
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32M08A76JWBCTTJ1T2XFT5Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b6b29eef0b51533afb762631d36fc5f6c37972bd.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.1114
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KRLX 211834 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0135.000000T0000Z-260922T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c6bd8daa29c0a8e429ed5d2935e9e55845bd513c.001.1,2026-09-21T04:43:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Athens County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Vinton County, OH
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039009 |
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 039163 |
| UGC | OHC009 |
| UGC | OHC105 |
| UGC | OHC163 |
- Polygons
- 39.12,-82.31 39.12,-82.32 39.13,-82.39 39.23,-82.38 39.24,-82.48 39.32,-82.47 39.3,-82.16 39.2,-82.13 39.12,-82.31