Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 4 AM EDT Early This Morning... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning
- 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
Northeastern Braxton County in north central West Virginia... East Central Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Southwestern Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia... Northern Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia... Southern Harrison County in northern West Virginia... Central Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
When
Until 400 AM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 1256 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Buckhannon, Weston, Audra State Park, Stonewall Jackson, Burnsville, Sand Fork, Horner, Lorentz, Walkersville, French Creek, Sand Run, Hodgesville, Overhill, Century, Volga and Stouts Mills. - This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 74 and 101. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 7...and between mile markers 15 and 17. - 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
- Barbour County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Harrison County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33QJPKQE9A2Q0K251B893R5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.977300f4985d25a23b9f52db8c86c3b39e64e263.001.1
- 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.6824
- 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 220456 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0147.260922T0456Z-260922T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T04:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Barbour County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Harrison County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054001 |
| SAME | 054007 |
| SAME | 054021 |
| SAME | 054033 |
| SAME | 054041 |
| SAME | 054097 |
| UGC | WVC001 |
| UGC | WVC007 |
| UGC | WVC021 |
| UGC | WVC033 |
| UGC | WVC041 |
| UGC | WVC097 |
- Polygons
- 38.95,-80.76 39.1,-80.26 39.1,-80.25 39.11,-80.25 39.15,-80.1 39.03,-79.99 38.86,-80.3 38.79,-80.62 38.78,-80.69 38.87,-80.73 38.95,-80.76