Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 415 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
North Central Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia... Northern McDowell County in southern West Virginia... Southern Mingo County in southern West Virginia... Southwestern Wyoming County in southern West Virginia...
When
Until 415 AM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 218 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... Welch, Pineville, Gilbert Creek, Davy, Bradshaw, Iaeger, Kimball, Baileysville, Wolf Pen, Coalwood, Avondale and Panther. - 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
- Buchanan County, VA
- McDowell County, WV
- Mingo County, WV
- Wyoming County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33W8F1J9EJB1XPF0E1SK4KM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5c7f3539dd79bac603756a18dc97cdb0d3109a43.001.1
- 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.516
- 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 220618 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0148.260922T0618Z-260922T0815Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T04:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Buchanan County, VA
- McDowell County, WV
- Mingo County, WV
- Wyoming County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051027 |
| SAME | 054047 |
| SAME | 054059 |
| SAME | 054109 |
| UGC | VAC027 |
| UGC | WVC047 |
| UGC | WVC059 |
| UGC | WVC109 |
- Polygons
- 37.46,-81.99 37.51,-81.98 37.52,-81.94 37.51,-81.94 37.52,-81.93 37.51,-81.92 37.53,-81.91 37.53,-81.89 37.54,-81.89 37.67,-81.48 37.44,-81.38 37.37,-81.69 37.35,-81.87 37.35,-82.0 37.46,-81.99