Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Tuesday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Ohio... Hocking River at Athens affecting Athens County. For the Hocking River...Minor flooding is forecast.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Hocking River at Athens.
When
Until Tuesday afternoon.
Impacts
At 20.0 feet, Low areas, campground, and private camps along the river between Athens and Coolville begin to flood. Much of the city of Athens is protected up to 26 feet by levees. In Nelsonville, the baseball field adjacent to Lake Hope Drive floods. At 21.0 feet, South Canaan Road and Township Road 605 in the vicinity of US Route 50 flood. Glen Ebon Road begins to flood. Hockhocking Adena Bikeway near West State Street begins to flood. In Chauncey, areas along Ohio Routes 13 and 682 flood.
Additional details
- At 1:15 PM EDT Monday the stage was 20.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 16.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 1:15 PM EDT Monday was 20.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 20.8 feet on 04/06/2025. - 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. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/rlx. The next statement will be issued late tonight at 245 AM EDT.
Affected areas
- Athens County, OH
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32MF6W04Y2X4EV0EWVF70JV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5750d8c77b2c5cfaa957111490ed170a4b784c6a.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.1362
- 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 | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS81 KRLX 211843 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KRLX.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260922T1700Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Athens County, OH
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039009 |
| UGC | OHC009 |
- Polygons
- 39.41,-82.1 39.29,-81.89 39.3,-82.12 39.39,-82.19 39.41,-82.1