Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 11 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 Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Northeastern Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia...
When
Until 1100 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of along the South Fork of the Hughes River and it's tributaries is occurring.
Additional details
- At 934 PM EDT, The automated gage on the South Fork of the Hughes River below Macfarlan was in minor flood stage but falling. Expect flooding along the South Fork of the Hughes River and it's tributaries. - 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. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33C67FZ6M3TF4K3C5VFN7QX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.02afb08a51873b8aecf414d1ab064634e1dee424.001.1
- 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.2439
- 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 220137 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0144.000000T0000Z-260922T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b90d2004df54fc75c3f3aaf9a39d37800d8c3ddf.001.1,2026-09-21T13:02:00-04:00 |
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